Can we fix it? See more of Soluri’s images in our gallery: Don’t drop it! Inside an astronaut’s tool bag (Image: © Michael Soluri)
Gallery: Don’t drop it! Inside an astronaut’s tool bag
REPAIR or replace? In these frugal times, you would think the answer would always be a resounding repair. But surprisingly, until the final mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope last May, any instrument that failed on board was simply replaced. When two essential imaging instruments stopped working in the period running up to the mission, however, the crew decided a more sustainable approach was needed.
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