David Leckrone

Senior Project Scientist for Hubble, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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Senior project scientist for Hubble at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland

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The repairs are done, the spacewalking is over and the Shuttle Atlantis has disengaged from the Hubble Space Telescope .

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Astronaut-astronomer John Grunsfeld calls the Hubble Space Telescope "arguably the most important scientific instrument ever created," important enough for him and others to risk…

The Hubble and the Future of Space Exploration

Astronaut-astronomer John Grunsfeld calls the Hubble Space Telescope "arguably the most important scientific instrument ever created," important enough for him and others to risk…

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