HST SM4: Last Mission to Hubble
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This is going to be a very exciting, complicated and challenging mission. We have seven brave astronauts who’ve made a conscious decision to risk their lives in order to continue the advancement of science that Hubble has begun. They’re going to buy another five, perhaps ten more years of lifetime for this great telescope.
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