How NASA fixed Hubble's flawed vision - and reputation
Wednesday, April 22, 2015 - 05:30
in Astronomy & Space
Hubble Space Telescope's famously blurry images turned it into a laughing stock; fixing it required ingenuity and a bit of luck
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