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NASA hopes the commercial space industry can help save Hubble

The Verge • 2026-11-01T16:09

Gravity is a cruel mistress, slowly dragging the famed telescope ever closer to its ultimate demise with every day. Hubble is in no immediate danger of burning up in the Earth's atmosphere, but its time will run out in the early to mid 2030s unless its orbit is boosted. So NASA is taking proposals from […]

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Gravity is a cruel mistress, slowly dragging the famed telescope ever closer to its ultimate demise with every day.

Hubble is in no immediate danger of burning up in the Earth's atmosphere, but its time will run out in the early to mid 2030s unless its orbit is boosted.

So NASA is taking proposals from […]

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