It will take about five to six weeks to check out and recalibrate the two repaired instruments, and nine to 10 weeks for the new camera and spectrograph, says Hubble senior project scientist David Leckrone of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. The first new images and spectra will likely be released in early September, he said.Over at Space.com there's a nice summary of articles on the Hubble Repair Mission.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Hubble Repair Mission Update
Science News has a short piece on the Hubble repair efforts completion: Last Hubble Rendezvous
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