Servicing the Hubble Space Telescope - Exploring Space Lectures

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Channel: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum · 2015 · Education

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The Hubble Space Telescope was launched in 1990 and was designed to be serviced by the Space Shuttle.  Michael J. Massimino, former NASA astronaut and professor of Professional Practice at Columbia University, discusses the final Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission, which took place in May, 2009 from Space Shuttle Atlantis.

The Exploring Space lectures are made possible by the generous support of Aerojet Rocketdyne and United Launch Alliance.

http://airandspace.si.edu/events/lectures/exploring-space/

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