**Over 3000mb of STS-116 onwards related presentions and mission documentation <\/em>available on L2<\/em> <\/em>** <\/em><\/p>\n New Launch Schedule Presentation \u2013 Jan 8. STS-125 NASA Memo updates. LON-325 Rescue Mission Outline and images \u2013 and more available on L2.<\/em><\/p>\n **LIVE news updates on Atlantis STS-117 Processsing Flow**<\/em><\/p>\n **LIVE news updates on Endeavour STS-118 (LON-318) Processing**<\/em><\/p>\n **LIVE news updates on Discovery STS-122 (LON-322) Processing**<\/em><\/p>\n SpaceX (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/p>\n Currently NET (No Earlier Than) September 11, Atlantis \u2013 recently handed the role of finishing her lifetime as an operation spacecraft, exclusively revealed by this site \u2013 will conduct the final shuttle mission to the telescope, and more than likely the last visit by a space vehicle before Hubble is deorbited in the first half of the next decade. <\/font><\/p>\n \u2018This is service mission four, the fourth attempt to fix it (fifth overall), basically. It\u2019s an old telescope, it\u2019s starting to fall apart and they are going to replace all the worn out components \u2013 the gyros the batteries, stuff like that,\u2019 said Professor Gilmore on the long-running BBC program The Sky At Night. \u2018But most importantly, they are going to put in two new state of the art instruments. <\/font><\/p>\n \u2018They will attempt to repair one of the broken instruments, which has lost its power supply \u2013 the space telescope imaging spectrograph, and they\u2019ll put in two new ones, a new camera and a new spectrograph.\u2019<\/font><\/p>\n For the mission, Atlantis will carry 22,000 pounds of hardware to the aging telescope, with four spacewalks (EVAs) required during the 11 day mission.<\/p>\n \u2018First of all, the new camera. This is an upgrade to the existing famous wide field camera \u2013 the one that takes all those gorgeous pictures we see all the time \u2013 and this is basically just using newer detectors,\u2019 added Professor Gilmore. <\/font><\/p>\n \u2018The key feature is that they\u2019ll more sensitive in the ultra violet and more sensitive in the infra red, so we\u2019ll have a wider range of colours. The key here is that in the ultra violet we\u2019ll be able to look at hot stars and young stars and galaxies as they are forming in the local universe, and then compare that with what we see in the infrared \u2013 and that\u2019s the challenge, to find out if young galaxies long ago look like young galaxies today.\u2019<\/font><\/p>\n One EVA in particular will be highlighted by the replacement of an electronics board inside the Hubble\u2019s Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS), which requires 111 screws being removed in the space of 45 minutes. <\/p>\n \u2018The other instrument is the new spectrograph, and that\u2019s used to observe what\u2019s between the galaxies. The galaxies as we know them have all the stars in them, but most of the atoms in the universe are actually between the galaxies and are spread out in a filament-like structure \u2013 sometimes referred to as the cosmic web \u2013 and we can see this only through the way it absorbs light and background objects. <\/font><\/p>\n \u2018So the new spectrograph \u2013 the cosmic origin spectrograph \u2013 is really designed to observe point sources, quasars, very high red shifts indeed, but to use them as background light sources, and to look at the way the light from those quasars is absorbed by all the gas along the line of sight to map out all the filaments and structure. <\/font><\/p>\n \u2018So the understanding there is to map out the large scale structure of the universe and to how the universe got to its current shape and structure.\u2019<\/p>\n Atlantis will also carry a passive LIDS (Low Impact Docking System) in her cargo bay, to be attached to Hubble\u2019s aft bulkhead. The requirement is to provide a capability to enable a future spacecraft to perform an autonomous rendezvous and docking with Hubble. <\/p>\n While this system can be used for another servicing mission via Orion, Professor Gilmore believes it will almost certainly be used to deorbit Hubble. <\/p>\n \u2018One of the other things they are putting on Hubble this time is a guaranteed death certificate,\u2019 he noted. \u2018They are going to add a little hook on to the back of it, so that when it comes to the end of its life in about five years time \u2013 which will see Hubble overlap the James Webb Space Telescope\u2019s orbital debut \u2013 they\u2019ll be able to send a robot up, grab hold of this hook and flip it into the ocean.\u2019<\/font><\/p>\n Questioned on the possibility of raising Hubble\u2019s orbit to leave the telescope in a mothballed state, Professor Gilmore isn\u2019t hopeful. <\/p>\n \u2018At present it\u2019s right at the limit of what the shuttles can do, but of course there won\u2019t be any shuttles by the time Hubble comes to the end of its life, as they will have retired by then\u2019 added the professor. \u2018So it\u2019s just part of the natural evolution of technology, in the same way the cameras are much more evolved than they were 10 years ago. <\/font><\/p>\n <\/font><\/p>\n \u2018Sadly all good things come to an end.\u2019<\/p>\n <\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n<\/p>\n **INFINITY: 10 minute STS MUSIC VIDEO**<\/font><\/em><\/font> \u2013 **NASASpaceflight.com Job Opportunities**<\/em><\/font> <\/font><\/em><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It may be at least 18 months away, but the main focus of space mission attention is already being placed on the 2008 flagship shuttle flight of STS-125, which will see Atlantis and her crew carry out the final servicing mission on the Hubble Space Telescope. 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