– I’m so glad this is happening.  It would have been a huge shame to have let Hubble fall silent and blind before its replacement is in place. We are at such an incredible place of discovery in human history and Hubble’s work is right on the edge of the excitement. Maybe you have to have a bit of the scientist in your blood to feel it, but one of the real joys I get out of life is following along, vicariously, as science reveals the inner workings of this beautiful creation we live in.
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US space agency (Nasa) chief Mike Griffin says shuttle astronauts will be sent to service the Hubble telescope.
The orbiting observatory has astounded astronomers and the public alike with its amazing pictures of the cosmos, but its systems are beginning to fail.
Dr Griffin told Nasa employees that recent modifications to the shuttle launch system meant it was now safe to send a crew to work on Hubble.
The mission, which will use the shuttle Discovery, should launch in 2008.
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