Month: January 2004

The last service mission for the the Hubble Space Telescope has been cancelled, so it looks like its lifetime will be over in just a few years, before there will even be the next generation of space telescope up there. Whatever reasons – money, security,… – cause the final decision, it’s definately a big loss for science.

Links:

• Hubble, Its Fate Sealed, ‘Has a Place in Everybody’s Heart’ at space.com
• “Hubble” muss für Mars-Mission verglühen at Spiegel Online
• Space Telescope Science Institute

Who would have thought XBONG stands for X-ray bright optically normal galaxy… 😉