The Hubble Space Telescope is a masterwork of engineering and human ingenuity. Hubble is comparable in size and weight to a large school bus, but its contributions to science and astronomy could fill ...

The repaired Hubble Space Telescope was relaunched Tuesday from the shuttle Atlantis after a historic fifth and final in-orbit overhaul. Astronaut Megan McArthur, operating the shuttle’s 50-foot-long ...

NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe offered little hope yesterday for reversing his decision to abandon the Hubble Space Telescope, effectively dooming the orbiting observatory within a few years unless ...

At 2:01 this afternoon in Florida, the space shuttle Atlantis is expected to roar off its launch pad and set off toward the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope, for the fifth and final repair mission in ...

NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe directed the cancellation of a previously planned space shuttle mission to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope today. The mission, although named SM4 would ...

After seven years of floating alone in space, the Hubble Space Telescope has found a temporary home aboard the space shuttle Atlantis. Hubble is now secured on a platform in the shuttle’s payload bay, ...

WASHINGTON — To ensure continuation of the extraordinary scientific output of the Hubble Space Telescope and to prepare for its eventual de-orbiting, NASA should send a space shuttle mission, not a ...

A panel of experts handed NASA's leadership a sharp reproof yesterday, concluding that the space shuttle should be used to service the Hubble Space Telescope and can do the job without posing ...