Hubble device fails; shuttle launch delayed

Thursday, October 2, 2008 - 17:56 in Astronomy & Space

A repair mission set for Oct. 14 is postponed after an instrument breaks on the aging space telescope. An instrument that stores and transmits science data back to Earth has broken down on the Hubble Space Telescope, forcing NASA on Monday to postpone a long-scheduled repair mission to the ailing, 18-year-old telescope.

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