Hubble is Falling Back to Earth

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Published on June 21, 2018 3:08:19 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMwAB041_MY

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We've all played games that deal with re-entry into Earths atmosphere. But what many don't know is that there's no boundary line as to where the atmosphere actually ends.
High solar activity heats up our upper atmosphere expanding its reach and increases drag on the Hubble telescope.
NASA has some tricks up its sleeve to preserve Hubble but time is running out.

Sources:

What is the Hubble Telescope
https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/nasa-knows/what-is-the-hubble-space-telecope-58.html

NASA Hubble story
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/story/index.html

Hubble essentials
http://hubble.stsci.edu/the_telescope/hubble_essentials/

Bubble Nebula animation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teJ01WXYp6M

Sculpture Garden of Gas and Dust: Core of the Lagoon Nebula
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhpMyaJ3ahc

Hubble Servicing missions overview
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/index.html

STS-129 HD Landing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rfmb3uuLE8

HST SM4 Changeout
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10271

Soft Capture Docking Mechanism
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/SM4/main/SCRS_FS_HTML.html

Hubble Telescope status 2016 PDF
http://www.stsci.edu/hst/proposing/panel/Cycle24-HST-status.pdf

Hubble telescope EVA review
http://ewh.ieee.org/r5/dallas/aes/IEEE-AESS-Dallas-NASA-HST-Overview-10Nov2011.pdf

Forbes the HST is falling
https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/10/18/the-hubble-space-telescope-is-falling/#57a068c87f04

CBS Will Hubble last another 5 years
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/will-hubble-space-telescope-last-another-5-years/

Space com How Hubble will die
https://www.space.com/29206-how-will-hubble-space-telescope-die.html
SDO year 4
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11460

Restore-L
https://sspd.gsfc.nasa.gov/restore-L.html

RAVEN
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12501
https://sspd.gsfc.nasa.gov/Raven.html
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/1995.html

NASA’s new planet hunter TESS
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12850

Webb vs Hubble comparison
https://jwst.nasa.gov/comparison_about.html
Hubble inspires our inner explorer
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12766

Hubble sees rare light echo
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30513

Hubble Frontier Field
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12596

Hubble explores final frontier
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12324

Hubble views the solar system planets
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12260

Galaxy without dark matter
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12907

Hubble memorable moments
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11822

Dellingr Cube sat studing the sun and earth upper atmosphere
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12602

AGU Ionosphere Press Conference
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12457

Meet ICON Earths airglow explorer
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12699

Solar Flares affect Low Earth Orbits
https://www.natureasia.com/en/nindia/article/10.1038/nindia.2015.79

JJ Hermes twitter
https://twitter.com/jotajotahermes/status/981276876177014784/photo/1

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