YAY! Hubble to be fixed!

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From: Dr. Albert Holm (Space Telescope Science Institute)
Date: October 31, 2006 10:08:46 AM CST

To: AAVSO Discussion group

Subject: [AAVSO-DIS] Hubble Space Telescope servicing decision

I am happy to say that NASA Administrator Michael Griffin has just announced that a Shuttle will be used to service the Hubble. The plan is to use Discovery in May 2008 for the task of replacing gyroscopes and batteries, installing the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph, the Wide-Field Camera 3, and a refurbished Fine Guidance Sensor, and possibly repairing the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph.

Al