The story of the Hubble Space Telescope and where we go ...

On August 11th, 2008 the Hubble Telescope hit the 100,000 orbit mark! Since its launch in April of 1990 the Hubble Space Telescope has been traveling at 5 miles per second with its on-board odometer racking up around 2.72 BILLION miles! That's about 5,700 trips to the moon and back! In October of this year the STS-125 crew will be be working on the 5th and final servicing mission to Hubble. There are currently 5 spacewalks scheduled for Atlantis where astronauts will install new equipment and repair broken instruments. Once this mission is complete, NASA's favorite telescope will need to live out the remainder of its days alone in space, with no chance of repair. This is the story of the Hubble Space Telescope, or HST.

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[grazon]

Mike broke the hubble!

Mike broke the hubble!

bet no one recognizes that quote.

[spacevidcast]

MST3K FTW!

[grazon]

stinking google makes finding quotes to easy.

*wink*

[spacevidcast]

While that is true, you'll note that SpaceVidcast is based in Minneapolis, MN... A lot like a certain show of yesteryear.

[backfire357]

Hmm... looks like a hot chick just wasn't in the budget...

[spacevidcast]

I certainly hope you're not insulting my wife.

[trm850225]

Hubble is the greatest tressure on earth

[BarneySaysHi]

Too bad they plan to let it fall down. Isn't there a way to get it back to earth in one piece? I'm sure a lot of people would like to see the giant that provided people with stunning pictures for so long. It would be a shame to let it just get destroyed by earths gravity.

[N4CUZ1]

"Mike broke the Hubble"

"bet no one recognizzes that quote"

Can you spell Ball?

Gotcha!

[granddad2002]

Pity Hubble couldn't be put in a higher orbit.... some kind of moth ball kit.... and if space could be accessed cheaply in the future... this could be used as a training academic asset for some university, small government or other private venture. Getting access to cutting edge telescopes is a chore.

[TehKign12356]

@trm850225 I couldn't let this one go. It's spelled "treasure," and it is certainly not "on earth."

[KKM121]

Does any one know why we can't keep on using Hubble along with the new telescopes??

I don't think there is enough telescope time for all the astronomers.

[MusicTubeLover]

Has anyone seen, or taken photos from earth (or from Hubble), that shows any equipment left behind by man on the moon? If so, where can these images be found and viewed? For example, can one see the lunar rover left behind? Just curious...

[ass23ful]

the Hubble Space Telescope is going to be shut down in 2014 i think

[DarkAlex174]

Um, HELLO it burns up while re-entering the atmosphere.

[spacecowboy22]

its ok, i thought it was on earth hahaha :) extremely interesting though :)

[altairx26]

humble

[steveiouk]

It has to be in orbit or it would just be overwealmed by the earths gravity and burn up :)