Astronauts reunite for Hubble flight
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For three US astronauts, Nasa's decision to make a fifth servicing flight to the Hubble Space Telescope will mark a homecoming of sorts.
John Grunsfeld, an astronomer by training, will be making a third visit to the orbital observatory, which on Tuesday won a reprieve when Nasa agreed to briefly interrupt International Space Station assembly missions for a final shuttle visit to Hubble.
The Hubble flight is targeted for May 2008.
Without servicing by a shuttle crew, the telescope is expected to last only another two or three years.
'I feel like a mission to Hubble is worth risking my life for,' Dr Grunsfeld said at a crew press conference in Houston.
'It's something that's really important for our country and I firmly believe the next mission to Hubble will be much safer than the missions we've flown before.'
For three US astronauts, Nasa's decision to make a fifth servicing flight to the Hubble Space Telescope will mark a homecoming of sorts.John Grunsfeld, an astronomer by training, will be making a third visit to the orbital observatory, which on Tuesday won a reprieve when Nasa agreed to briefly interrupt International Space Station assembly missions for a final shuttle visit to Hubble.
The Hubble flight is targeted for May 2008.
Without servicing by a shuttle crew, the telescope is expected to last only another two or three years.
'I feel like a mission to Hubble is worth risking my life for,' Dr Grunsfeld said at a crew press conference in Houston.
'It's something that's really important for our country and I firmly believe the next mission to Hubble will be much safer than the missions we've flown before.'
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