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Which NASA space shuttle carried the astronaut crew who repaired the Hubble Space Telescope's flawed mirror during a landmark 1993 servicing mission?
Answer
Endeavour
Space Shuttle Endeavour flew the STS-61 mission in December 1993, during which astronauts performed five spacewalks to install corrective optics and fix Hubble's spherical aberration.
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The Hubble Space Telescope launched with a flawed mirror that made it nearly useless, but a $1 billion repair mission in 1993 fixed it perfectly.
Other options people guess
- Discovery
- Atlantis
- Columbia
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