Last week NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced that the Hubble Space Telescope the first visible-light picture of a planet outside our solar system.
Telescopes on land have caught the first real visual images of multiple planets orbiting another star. The orbiting Hubble Space Telescope has found its own planet, the first so-called exoplanet to be found purely visually.
Astronauts hooked up a water recycling system and installed two new bedrooms aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday while crew mates prepared for a second spacewalk to fix the outpost's power system.
Astronauts preparing for a risky repair mission to the Hubble Space Telescope figure they've practiced their jobs hundreds of times by now -- including the task of removing and capturing dozens of tiny screws so they don't fly off into space.
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Astronauts hooked up a water recycling system and installed two new bedrooms aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday while crewmates prepared for a second spacewalk to fix the outpost's power system.
Source: Reuters (Adds quotes, details) By Irene Klotz HOUSTON, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Astronauts hooked up a water recycling system and installed two new bedrooms aboard the International Space ...