Panel Urges Shuttle Mission to Help Hubble
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A panel said that NASA should send astronauts to repair the Hubble Space Telescope rather than rely on a robotic device.
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By Scott Richardson  BLOOMINGTON - Lincoln native Scott Altman will lead a space shuttle mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA administrator Michael Griffin announced Tuesday. "It really is a great day for space exploration. ... It's a great day for NASA.
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By Traci Watson  HOUSTON -- Crewmembers of the next space shuttle flight said Thursday that they hope their mission next month will help deflect public and media attention from the charges against astronaut Lisa Nowak.
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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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The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration or NASA is hoping to develop techniques to allow a crew to repair damages to Space Shuttle in flight.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA should use astronauts, not a robot, to carry out a crucial life-prolonging mission to the acclaimed Hubble Space Telescope one last time, a National Academy of Sciences panel concluded Wednesday.
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The CAIB report urged NASA to develop a way for astronauts during flight to inspect the orbiter and make emergency repairs to its insulation tiles and reinforced carbon-carbon panels.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA added a day to the shuttle Discovery's visit to the International Space Station to allow time for spacewalkers to study a troubled but critical part of the outpost's power system, the agency said on Monday.
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Shuttle astronauts would do a better job of upgrading the ailing Hubble Space Telescope than robots, a panel of space experts has said.
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Support is growing for a human mission to be sent to repair the Hubble space telescope instead of robots.
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A congressional committee promised Thursday to scrutinize NASA and its spending as the agency proceeds with a program to take astronauts to the moon and Mars.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. - NASA&#39;s departing chief says he stands by his decision to cancel a shuttle mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.
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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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NASA -- A decade in Mission Control for native Texan Steve Walker has seen him help steer the Space Shuttle to historic destinations. Among them were the Russian Mir Space Station, the Hubble Space Telescope and the International Space Station...
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Members of the panel monitoring NASA&#39;s effort to return the space shuttle to flight said Thursday that despite several open items, they see no reason why Discovery can&#39;t be launched in May or June.
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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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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.