Robots rejected for Hubble rescue
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Shuttle astronauts would do a better job of upgrading the ailing Hubble Space Telescope than robots, say experts.
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Manned missions will inspire the nation People must be at the heart of the UK's space exploration efforts, according to a report published today. The report's authors contradict the UK's long-held policy that robots are where it is at, both scientifically and financially, when it comes to touring the solar system. They argue that it is time for a new vision.â¦
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PPARC -- British astronomers are celebrating a world first that could revolutionise the future of astronomy. They have just begun a project to operate a global network of the world's biggest robotic telescopes, dubbed 'RoboNet-1.0' which will be controlled by intelligent software to provide rapid observations of sudden changes in astronomical objects, such as violent Gamma Ray Bursts, or 24-hour surveillance of interesting phenomena...
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Although a shuttle servicing mission is one of the options for servicing the Hubble Space Telescope, to date, NASA does not have a definitive estimate of the potential cost.
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A new report released by an American Physical Society (APS) Special Committee on NASA Funding for Astrophysics has questioned the space agency's Moon, Mars and Beyond initiative. The APS assessment warns that t  he cost of overcoming technological challenges to make real the plan could far exceed budgetary projections and that numerous&nbsp;approved science programs could be jeopardized.
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By Traci Watson The flagship instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope has failed and can't be fully repaired, NASA officials said Monday. The Advanced Camera for Surveys took the snapshot of the universe in its infancy that is one of Hubble's most famous images.
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Amid uncertainty over the fate of the Hubble Space Telescope and with a key instrument not working, NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe gave the go-ahead Monday for planning a robotic servicing mission.
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WASHINGTON -- In late May, a NASA-funded robot successfully navigated one of the world's deepest sinkholes. The mission could be a prelude to a future mission to Jupiter's moon Europa, believed to contain a liquid water ocean.
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NASA has announced that its Mars robots Spirit and Opportunity would work six months longer than expected. NASA made the decision after re-establishing radio contact with the twin rovers, which had spent 12 days behind the Sun.
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Telescopes spy the closest asteroid flyby ever recorded. Also: European astronomers find a 'super Earth' 300 trillion light years away.... and did DOS trickery foil the Spirit rover? By Amit Asaravala.
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NASA has awarded a $330.6 million contract to the aerospace company Lockheed Martin to design and build a robot spaceship to carry replacement parts to the Hubble Space Telescope to keep it operating for another five to seven years.
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Trying to save the famed Hubble Space Telescope with a robot would cost $2 billion with just a 50-50 chance of success, an aerospace research group is advising NASA in the coming days.
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You can&#39;t say that Burt Rutan and the space pioneers at Mojave, Calif.-based Scaled Composites don&#39;t know how to put on a good show.
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Astronauts, not robots, should fix the Hubble Space Telescope, says a new report by the US National Research Council (NRC). That conclusion is directly at odds with NASA, which is opposed to a human mission
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WASHINGTON -- The&nbsp;announcement Wednesday by&nbsp;the National Academy of  Sciences that NASA scrap its plan to robotically repair the Hubble Space  Telescope and instead plan a manned shuttle mission for the endeavor was met by  by&nbsp;congressional leaders&nbsp;with both support and  reservations.
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By ALEX DOMINGUEZ  BALTIMORE - The main camera on the Hubble Space Telescope shut down again over the weekend, the third outage in less than a year for the instrument, NASA announced Monday.
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Support is growing for a human mission to be sent to repair the Hubble space telescope instead of robots.