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    NASA Decides to Fix the Hubble Telescope

    Since it was launched into orbit in 1990, the Hubble Telescop e has produced spectacular images of the universe, popularized astronomy and advanced the understanding of space. But without repairs and adjustments, it could be lost to science. After the Columbia disaster, NASA decreed that repairing the Hubble was unsafe for astronauts.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Since it was launched into orbit in 1990, the Hubble Telescope has produced spectacular images of the universe, popularized astronomy and advanced the understanding of space. But without repairs and adjustments, it could be lost to science. After the Columbia disaster, NASA decreed that repairing the Hubble was unsafe for astronauts. Today, under a new administrator, the agency changed its mind.

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      Producer, 'One year Later'

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