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    The Hubble and the Future of Space Exploration

    The astronauts are ready to come back to Earth on Friday. We hear about upgrading the Hubble Space Telescope, what age-old questions it's now prepared to address and whether manned space flight has a future. Also, President Obama announces the first-ever national emissions standards, and Britain's expense account scandal takes a political toll.

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    By Warren Olney • May 19, 2009 • 50m Listen

    The astronauts are ready to come back to Earth on Friday. We hear about upgrading the Hubble Space Telescope, what age-old questions it's now prepared to address and whether manned space flight has a future. Also, President Obama announces the first-ever national emissions standards, and Britain's Speaker of Parliament is forced out for the first time in 300 years.


    Banner image: (May 18, 2009) Astronaut John Grunsfeld, STS-125 mission specialist, participates in the mission's fifth and final session of extravehicular activity as work continues to refurbish and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. During the seven-hour and two-minute spacewalk, Grunsfeld and astronaut Andrew Feustel (out of frame), mission specialist, installed a battery group replacement, removed and replaced a Fine Guidance Sensor and three thermal blankets protecting Hubble's electronics.

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