CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — With a forecast of near-perfect weather, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope scientists and managers were euphoric as they awaited today’s planned launch of shuttle Atlantis on the ...

The Hubble Space Telescope, a cornerstone of modern astronomy, has been providing breathtaking images and invaluable data for ...

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA's final visit to the Hubble Space Telescope has been delayed at least a month, until the fall, because of extra time needed to build the shuttle fuel tanks needed for the ...

It's 'spoke season' on Saturn when strange features appear in the planet's rings. The Hubble Space Telescope continues to ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — For what is expected to be the last time, both of NASA's shuttle launch pads are occupied. Atlantis is on one, primed for a flight this week to the Hubble Space Telescope.

Astronauts are risking their lives, fixing the Hubble telescope right now. It’s attached to the bay of the Atlantis, all big and shiny. You can see them working ...

"Knock on wood, it can go another 10 years," former astronaut John Grunsfeld says. John Grunsfeld has a model of the Hubble Space Telescope on his bookshelf. It's right next to a model of a NASA space ...

— -- A hardware failure means the planned October launch of a space shuttle to fix NASA's Hubble Space Telescope will be delayed until mid-February, the space agency said Monday. Failure of ...

Something "size of a pea" could puncture Atlantis on mission to repair Hubble. May 13, 2009 — -- A myriad of space debris combined with a 21-inch scratch across delicate thermal tiles has the ...