May 4, 2009-- Next week's planned Atlantis launch on NASA's last Hubble repair flight has its roots in an Endeavour mission in 1993. That's where Astronaut George "Pinky" Nelson and six crewmates rescued Hubble from life as a twenty ton paperweight. Nelson was honored at the Astronauts' Hall of Fame on Sunday. Hubble was left nearly blind due to a misshapened main mirror. Nelson helped to install corrective lenses on the very first repair flight to the Observatory. |
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