Hubble telescope will get upgrade (BBC)

  (BBC) --  Nasa chief Mike Griffin says shuttle astronauts will be sent to service the Hubble Space Telescope.

  The orbiting observatory has astounded astronomers and the public alike with its amazing pictures of the cosmos, but it will soon fail unless serviced.

  Dr. Griffin told Nasa employees that recent modifications to the shuttle launch system meant he felt it was now safe to send a crew to work on Hubble.

  The mission, which will use the shuttle Discovery, should launch in 2008.

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