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![]() Space Shuttle Atlantis Topic anticipating Hubble Servicing Mission 4: Hubble servicing mission 4 status NASA Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 4 Overview Launch target: 2008, October 7, 2234 PDT, Tuesday 2008, October 8, 0134 EDT, Wednesday 2008, October 8, 0534 UTC, Wednesday 115 days to launch 16 weeks and 3 days to launch NASA Space Shuttle Mission Pages NASA Mission Status Updates NASA STS-125 Mission Information NASA Mission Overview (may not be active yet) NASA Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 4 Overview Wikipedia: STS-125 NASA Launch Schedule NASA Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Countdown Status NASA Shuttle Launch and Landing NASA Shuttle Launch Blog (active about 6 hours before liftoff) NASA Shuttle Landing Blog (active about 2 hours before touchdown) CBS News Space Place SpaceFlightNow STS-125 Mission Coverage (may not exist yet, will be sparse at first) BAUT Forum topic STS-124 Space Shuttle Mission (previous mission) NASA TV (or NASA TV Yahoo! source or high-resolution)
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I just thought I'd grab my links from STS-124 before they went out of mind, tweak them for STS-125 and set up shop for the next launch. This topic probably won't see much action for a couple of months. Just wait until the multiyear Constellation gap rolls around. Then finally there will almost be a whole, new generation becoming aware, never knowing the USA did manned launches. Future discussion: "Do you want to be an astronaut when you grow up?" "Astronaut? What's that?"
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Should this also be the place to talk about the contingency rescue mission? This wiki article is not very detailed, the references it gives are interesting though.
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NASA Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 4 Overview
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15 weeks to launch
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I was reading the details of the spacewalks to be performed on Hubble and, well, WOW!
I hope it really does extend her life and restore the ACS. I also feel sorry for the crew of STS-125 as it will be cramped quarters. |
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is there a concise list of everything that will be done? I've seen a few things here and there but nothing all together.
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- Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) : WFC3 is superior to WFPC2 in resolution and field-of-view. - Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) - STIS: Astronauts installed STIS on Hubble in 1997 during Servicing Mission 2. STIS performed brilliantly until a power supply failure in 2004 caused it to stop working. The spacewalkers will replace a low voltage power supply board that contains a failed power converter. - ACS: Installed during Servicing Mission 3B in 2002, the Advanced Camera for Surveys quickly became Hubble’s workhorse camera and was responsible for many of the most popular and dramatic images over the last few years. However, the science instrument recently experienced two separate power failures, one on each of its two redundant sides of electronics. - Batteries: Spacewalking astronauts will replace all six of Hubble’s original 125-pound nickel hydrogen batteries, which provide electrical power to Hubble during its nighttime to support the telescope’s functions. - Gyroscopes: All of the current gyros were installed in December 1999, and all are approaching the end of their limited lifetimes. Astronauts will install a fresh set of six new gyros - Fine Guidance Sensor (FGS): A refurbished unit returned from the 1999 mission will replace FGS 2 on SM4. Only two units are needed to point Hubble; the third FGS provides additional target pointing efficiency and redundancy. - Soft Capture Rendezvous System: To prepare for the end of Hubble’s life, engineers developed the Soft Capture and Rendezvous System, which will enable the future rendezvous, capture, and safe disposal of the telescope.
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I enjoyed this: Space Telescope Science Intstitute Newsletter: Overview of Servicing Mission 4 (PDF, 3.1 megabytes):
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(Such details are in an article within the newsletter, not the whole thing. Not all activities are detailed to this level.) There's a flightplan at CBS News Space Place :: Flightplan, days and times, with one-line descriptions, little detail (example: "STIS Repair").
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thanks guys!
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2008, October 7, 2234 PDT, Tuesday 2008, October 8, 0134 EDT, Wednesday 2008, October 8, 0534 UTC, Wednesday 84 days to launch 12 weeks to launch
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There were 13 people in space at the same time from March 14 to March 18 in 1995. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaceflight_records Hope everything goes as planned. The record number will be updated.
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neat stats! This one caught my eye Quote:
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