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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope: A Fate Far From Certain | SpaceRef - Your Space Reference: "NASA's Hubble Space Telescope: A Fate Far From Certain
Keith Cowing
Sunday, March 14, 2004

In January 2004, just days after the rollout of the President's new space policy, Sean O'Keefe announced his decision not to proceed with SM4 - the fifth, and last scheduled Space Shuttle Servicing Mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. This mission would have installed new gyroscopes, and added several new instruments to the aging telescope allowing it to operate until the end of the decade."
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