Prepare for Hubble telescope repair

Yesterday 22.5, the US Space and Aeronautics Agency (NASA) said the Hubble space telescope shuttle flight will be moved until October 8.10, according to the AP. This is NASA's final approach to the 18-year-old telescope.

Hubble Space Telescope is 18 years old (Photo: NASA)

The 11-day flight will be undertaken by Atlantis, scheduled to depart from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The 7-member STS-125 crew with the commander is Scott D. Altman, pilot Gregory C. Johnson and astronauts Andrew J. Feustel, Michael T. Good, John M. Grunsfeld, Michael J Massimino and K. Megan McArthur (female).

Hubble Space Telescope (Hubble Space Telescope) takes the name of American astronomer Edwin Powell Hubble (1889-1953) launched into space in 1990, about 610 km from Earth and is a reflex telescope equipped with pages. lighted by a computer system and a mirror with a diameter of 240 cm. In recent years, Hubble has frequently encountered problems and requires new devices to be replaced.

Hubble Telescope (Hubble Space Telescope).(Photo: Reuters)

According to NASA, Atlantis was originally scheduled to be launched in late August, but due to some problems with the construction of the fuel tank for the vessel, the trip had to be relocated in October. Endeavor's flight to the International Space Station (ISS) must also be rescheduled from October 16 to November 10, 2008.

From early 2008 until now, NASA has only made 2 shuttle trains. These were Atlantis' flights to the Atlantis ship at the end of February to serve as the first European laboratory named Columbus and Endeavor to carry the first part of Japan's Kibo laboratory at the end of the month. 3.

Currently, Discovery has been put into a launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in preparation for the mission to bring Kibo's main division to ISS. Discovery will be departing on 31.5.