{"id":22112,"date":"2022-09-30T17:38:24","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T09:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/spacex-and-nasa-to-study-polaris-program-hubble-mission\/"},"modified":"2022-09-30T17:38:24","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T09:38:24","slug":"spacex-and-nasa-to-study-polaris-program-hubble-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/spacex-and-nasa-to-study-polaris-program-hubble-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX and NASA to study Polaris Program Hubble mission"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hubble could get a boost from SpaceX<\/h2>\n

It turns out SpaceX reached out to NASA, not the other way around, to see if a commercial crew mission could boost the orbit of the Hubble telescope when its life comes closer to an end. This is sad to hear for those that don\u2019t want to accept the possible ending of an era, but Hubble is over 30 years old and has gone through several scares of failed systems in recent years. Despite this, Hubble is still doing well and has plenty of years ahead of it \u2013 whether or not it gets this boost from SpaceX.<\/p>\n

NASA and SpaceX signed an unfunded Space Act Agreement to produce a study on the capability of using Dragon to dock with Hubble and boost it into its original 372-mile orbit around Earth. This isn\u2019t an announcement that SpaceX will do so, or a promise that NASA will sign off on the mission, but it is one step closer to having it become a possibility. According to both NASA Associate Administrator Thomas Zubuchen and Hubble\u2019s project manager Patrick Crouse, the space observatory is in good condition and is expected to last well through this decade and beyond.<\/p>\n

If this Hubble mission is deemed possible, the mission would launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 with a Crew Dragon.<\/p>\n

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