Enhancing Hubble’s Vision: Service Missions That Expanded Our View of the Universe (Springer Praxis Books) by David J. Shayler (PDF)

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This book tells the story of the four missions to maintain Hubble’s successful operation. Between 1997 and 2009 these repaired, serviced and upgraded the instruments on the telescope to maintain its state-of-the-art capabilities. It draws on first hand interviews with those closely involved in the project. The spacewalking skills and experiences gained from maintaining and upgrading Hubble had direct application to the construction of the International Space Station and help with its maintenance. These skills can be applied to future human and robotic satellite servicing and maintenance activities as well, not only in Earth orbit but at locations deeper in space.A companion to this book, The Hubble Space Telescope: From Concept to Success, relates the events of the Telescope’s launch in 1990 and its rough start, after a 20-year struggle to place a large optical telescope in orbit. Originally intended to operate for fifteen years, Hubble has just passed its 25th anniversary, and there is every expectation that it will survive for thirty years. Despite its early problems, the Hubble Space Telescope has become a lasting legacy of the Space Shuttle program, and indeed is a national treasure.

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⭐For some reason the book begins with SM-2 rather than SM-1. The justification for that was that SM-1 was a “repair” mission, not an upgrade mission. Installing COSTAR on SM-1 to correct for the improperly-figured mirror certainly did “Enhance Hubble’s Vision” and was on-topic and should have been included. I was also disappointed that the hardware developed for repair (there’s that word “repair” again) of ACS and STIS on SM-4 was mentioned but not shown, while a foot restraint installed in the Shuttle cabin at the aft workstation got several photos and a good deal of text. I’ll be generous and award 4 stars, but I’m not as pleased as I expected to be.

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