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Hubble Space Telescope is falling to Earth – should NASA save it?
The Hubble Space Telescope is slowly falling out of the sky, and it could burn up in Earth’s atmosphere as soon as 2032.
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The Hubble Space Telescope is slowly falling out of the sky, and it could burn up in Earth’s atmosphere as soon as 2032. Researchers are urging NASA to rescue it, arguing that the ageing instrument is still vital for science and will leave a stark capability gap if lost. Hubble was launched in 1990 and, following an infamous design flaw in one of its mirrors that was only fixed in 1993, has provided a wealth of new science ever since.
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