1. 20 Years of the Hubble Space Telescope
Dr. Frank Summers
Space Telescope Science Institute
May 6, 2010

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7. Ground
Hubble with Flaw 7

8. 1992 8

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12. Center of Galaxy M100
WFPC1
WFPC2 12

13. Visible Light
Ultraviolet Light
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24. Color version of A2218, black and white released in 1995
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31. January 2004 - Sean O’Keefe cancels final Hubble Servicing Mission31

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33. STIS failure on August 6, 2004, Side 2 failed, Side 1 failed in May 200133

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37. October 2006 – Michael Griffin re-instates final Hubble Servicing Mission
Picture is shuttle return to flight press event on June 30, 2005 37

38. January 2007 ACS Failure – Side 2 failed, Side 1 had failed in July 200638

39. NGC 602, taken n July 2004, released in January 200739

40. May 2008
2008 40

41. “This final mission will be, without doubt, the most complicated and challenging that NASA has ever mounted.” 41

42. 42 sts125_launchpad_two_shuttles-nasa-crop3-1024x768.jpg Description:
Two shuttles on the launchpad before delay of STS 125
Source:
Usage:
NASA, public domain
Photo credit: NASA/Troy Cryder
Notes:
Rainbow Over Launch Pads
With a rainbow serving as a backdrop in the sky, space shuttle Atlantis
(foreground) sits on Launch Pad A and Endeavour on Launch Pad B at
NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
September 20, 2008 42

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49. Bigger budget than Avatar – if you include the cost of several space shuttle flights and the NASA support infrastructure 49

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