20 Years of the Hubble Space Telescope Dr. Frank Summers Space Telescope Science Institute May 6, 2010

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Center of Galaxy M100 WFPC1 WFPC2 12

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Color version of A2218, black and white released in 1995 2001 24

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January 2004 - Sean O’Keefe cancels final Hubble Servicing Mission 31

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STIS failure on August 6, 2004, Side 2 failed, Side 1 failed in May 2001 33

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October 2006 – Michael Griffin re-instates final Hubble Servicing Mission Picture is shuttle return to flight press event on June 30, 2005 37

January 2007 ACS Failure – Side 2 failed, Side 1 had failed in July 2006 38

NGC 602, taken n July 2004, released in January 2007 39

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“This final mission will be, without doubt, the most complicated and challenging that NASA has ever mounted.” 41

42 sts125_launchpad_two_shuttles-nasa-crop3-1024x768.jpg Description: Two shuttles on the launchpad before delay of STS 125 Source: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts125/multimedia/gallery/gallery-index.html http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/276640main_2onpad_full.jpg Usage: NASA, public domain Photo credit: NASA/Troy Cryder Notes: Rainbow Over Launch Pads With a rainbow serving as a backdrop in the sky, space shuttle Atlantis (foreground) sits on Launch Pad A and Endeavour on Launch Pad B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. September 20, 2008 42

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Bigger budget than Avatar – if you include the cost of several space shuttle flights and the NASA support infrastructure 49

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