NASA&#39;s Departing Chief Defends Hubble Decision
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NASA&#39;s departing chief, Sean O&#39;Keefe, on Friday defended his decision to pursue a robotic repair mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, days after a panel of scientists said a shuttle mission would be better.
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Colorado astronomers hailed a National Academy of Sciences report Wednesday that urges NASA to send shuttle astronauts - not a robot - to save the aging Hubble Space Telescope.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA&#39;s departing boss, Sean O&#39;Keefe, said Friday he does not regret canceling the last shuttle mission to the Hubble Space Telescope - or anything else during his three years on the job.
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WASHINGTON -- NASA&#39;s director has turned in his resignation, ending three years marked by a space tragedy and extra scrutiny of the space agency.
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A leading panel of experts handed NASA's leadership a sharp reproof today, concluding that the space shuttle should be used to service the Hubble Space Telescope and can do the job without posing unacceptable risks to shuttle astronauts.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Departing NASA boss Sean O&#39;Keefe today said he doesn&#39;t regret canceling the last shuttle mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.
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A leading panel of experts handed NASA&#39;s leadership a sharp reproof today, concluding that the space shuttle should be used to service the Hubble Space Telescope and can do the job without posing unacceptable risks to shuttle astronauts.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. NASA&#39;s departing boss, Sean O&#39;Keefe, says he does NOT regret canceling the last shuttle mission to the Hubble Space Telescope _ or anything else during his three years on the job.
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NASA&#39;s next leader must wholeheartedly back the US president&#39;s space plan - which focuses on human space flight - says departing boss Sean O&#39;Keefe.
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WASHINGTON: An expert panel on Wednesday recommended sending a manned shuttle mission to repair the aging Hubble Space Telescope, instead of the robotic mission NASA had envisioned.
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WASHINGTON - The White House has eliminated funding  for a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope from its 2006 budget request  and directed NASA to focus solely on de-orbiting the popular spacecraft at the  end of its life, according to government and industry sources.
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A well-researched study by the National Academy of Sciences makes a persuasive case for refurbishing the Hubble Space Telescope. NASA, which is reluctant to take this mission, should rethink its position.
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WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny Hoyer released the following statement today applauding the National Academy of Sciences National Research Council recommendation to launch a space shuttle mission to save the Hubble Space Telescope.
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NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe  plans to resign as head of the U.S. space agency, an official  familiar with the decision said on Sunday.
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If NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) fireballs into Earth's atmosphere on its own, the reentry of that massive orbiting observatory violates the space agency's own safety standard.
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WASHINGTON - NASA should turn to astronauts, not robots, to repair the aging Hubble Space Telescope, an expert panel recommended on Wednesday.
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NASA&#39;s safety chief Wednesday dismissed sensational claims that astronauts had been drunk on flight missions, boosting the US space agency&#39;s battle to repair its tarnished credibility.