Frequently Asked Questions

• Hubble should be in a museum at the end of its life. Why won't you bring it back to Earth once it stops working?
• Instead of letting Hubble burn up in the atmosphere, why not just push it out of its orbit so it can continue to take pictures as it drifts away?
• Can the upcoming Webb Telescope be serviced like Hubble?
• When was Servicing Mission 4 and what was done to the telescope?
• What is the Hubble Space Telescope?
• Can Hubble see the Apollo landing sites on the Moon?
• Can Hubble take pictures of Earth?
• Can we see live photos from Hubble?
• Does Hubble withhold information from the public?
• Why service the Hubble Space Telescope?
• Why does Hubble need servicing missions?
• When was the first servicing mission and what instruments were replaced?
• When was the second servicing mission and what was done to the telescope?
• When was the third servicing mission and what was done to the telescope?
• What is NICMOS?
• What is STIS?
• What is ACS?
• Who is Edwin P. Hubble and what has he to do with galaxies?
• What are you hiding by not showing us the upper right corner of the images?

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