<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Hubble</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/hubble?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/hubble</link><description>Hubble</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Engineers Present Plan to Service Hubble]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45041-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/hubble</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45041-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/hubble</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2005 8:38:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[NASA engineers have shown they could service the Hubble Space Telescope using only robots, implicitly challenging the plan to abandon the controversial $470 million mission.]]></description><author> Guy Gugliotta</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Astronomers  Photograph  Planet Outside  Solar System]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26609-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/hubble</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26609-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/hubble</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2005 8:38:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Astronomers have produced the first photograph of a planet outside  our solar system, a world circling a star about 400 light-years away, according to a study to be published in the journal Astronomy &#38; Astrophysics.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Historic Voyager Mission May Lose Its Funding]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23500-2005Apr3.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/hubble</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23500-2005Apr3.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/hubble</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2005 8:38:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In a cost-cutting move prompted by President Bush's moon-Mars initiative, NASA could  put an end to Voyager, the legendary 28-year mission that has sent a spacecraft farther from Earth than any object ever made by humans.]]></description><author> Guy Gugliotta</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hubble Decision a Blow  To Goddard Engineers]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7888-2005Feb8.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/hubble</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7888-2005Feb8.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/hubble</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2005 8:38:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[NASA decided to scrap plans to service the Hubble Space Telescope without giving its  engineers the chance they had been promised to show whether a pathbreaking mission to do the job with a robot handyman is feasible.]]></description><author> Guy Gugliotta</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[NASA Budget Cuts Plan To Service Hubble]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27653-2005Jan21.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/hubble</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27653-2005Jan21.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/hubble</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2005 8:38:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The decision is likely to set up a fresh confrontation with Congress over the fate of the orbiting observatory, sources say.]]></description><author> Guy Gugliotta</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[SCIENCE]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12525-2004Dec19.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/hubble</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12525-2004Dec19.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/hubble</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2005 8:38:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Images Expand Helix Nebula Data <br> New images of the well-known Helix nebula, a colorful dying star about 450 light years from Earth, suggest that it is composed of two dust discs nearly perpendicular to each other and formed about 6,000 years apart.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[WASHINGTON IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9335-2004Dec17.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/hubble</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9335-2004Dec17.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/hubble</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2005 8:38:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  NASA Chief Stands By Hubble Decision <br>NASA's departing boss, Sean O'Keefe, said yesterday he does not regret canceling the last shuttle mission to the Hubble Space Telescope -- or anything else during his three years on the job.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Use Shuttle to Fix Hubble, NASA Is Told]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47898-2004Dec8.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/hubble</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47898-2004Dec8.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/hubble</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2005 8:38:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The space shuttle should be used to service the Hubble Space Telescope and can do the job  without posing unacceptable risks to the astronauts, NASA's leadership was told Wednesday.<FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</b></font>]]></description><author> Guy Gugliotta</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Graphic Novels]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61294-2004Nov18.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/hubble</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61294-2004Nov18.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/hubble</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2005 8:38:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Days of the Beast <br>A bestseller in Europe that's finally becoming available to an English-speaking audience, Hungarian Enki Bilal's    The Beast Trilogy  (Humanoids/DC Comics, $14.95) is not for those who like their books linear or simple. Set approximately 25 years in the future, the series takes place in a world where catastrophic nuclear accidents occurred in 2003 and 2004 in Pakistan and Russia. Those disasters brought about the formation of a super-terrorist organization known as the Obscurantis Order: Fundamentalists from "the three principal monotheistic sectors" -- Judaism, Christianity and Islam -- joined forces when they agreed that they worshipped the same God and shared the same goals of purifying art, culture and science. The Obscurantis Order went on to become the world's most fearsome terrorist organization; in response, many nations, including America, became theocracies. However, recent mysterious discoveries by the Hubble 4 Telescope have shaken up not only the Order but also the religious leaders of the rest of the world.]]></description><author> Jessa Crispin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Robot Helps NASA Refocus on Hubble]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43778-2004Nov11.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/hubble</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43778-2004Nov11.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/hubble</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2005 8:38:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Because of the Canadian robot named "Dextre," in less than a year, NASA has gone from writing off the Hubble to embracing a mission that will cost up to $1.6B and approach in complexity the hardest jobs the agency has ever undertaken.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</b></font>]]></description><author> Guy Gugliotta</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[NASA Puts Hands-Free Linkup to a Test]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59557-2004Oct24.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/hubble</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59557-2004Oct24.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/hubble</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2005 8:38:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Tuesday, barring a weather-caused delay, for the first time the United States will send an autonomous robot vehicle to join up with a satellite and conduct a 20-hour demonstration of its abilities -- without any human guidance.]]></description><author> Guy Gugliotta</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[NASA Awards Contracts for Rescue of Hubble]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6959-2004Oct4.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/hubble</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6959-2004Oct4.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/hubble</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2005 8:38:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[NASA has awarded a $330.6 million contract to the aerospace company Lockheed Martin to design and build a robot spaceship to carry replacement parts to the Hubble Space Telescope to keep it operating for another five to seven years.]]></description><author> Guy Gugliotta</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[NASA Plans Robotic Fix For Hubble]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53687-2004Aug10.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/hubble</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53687-2004Aug10.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/hubble</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2005 8:38:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[NASA has decided to use a robotic repairman to change batteries and gyroscopes, add new instruments, and maybe fix a malfunctioning spectrograph, agency officials said.]]></description><author> Guy Gugliotta</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Key Hubble  Instrument Needs Repair]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52843-2004Aug9.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/hubble</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52843-2004Aug9.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/hubble</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2005 8:38:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ An instrument that helped the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope look at black holes, newly forming stars and far-off galaxies has broken down, and NASA said yesterday that it is looking at possible ways to fix it.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientists Say Shuttle  Can Service Telescope]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47946-2004Jul13.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/hubble</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47946-2004Jul13.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/hubble</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2005 8:38:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A NASA-ordered report by the nation's top scientists Tuesday urged the space agency not to rule out a potentially risky space shuttle mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope, which it described as "arguably the most important telescope in history."]]></description><author> Guy Gugliotta</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[NASA Seeks Hubble Trip Plans]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7862-2004Jun1.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/hubble</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7862-2004Jun1.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/hubble</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2005 8:38:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe said on Tuesday the space agency was soliciting proposals for a robotic mission to refurbish the Hubble telescope, but the first priority would be to ensure the telescope's safe descent to a watery grave.]]></description><author> Guy Gugliotta</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Potential Young Planet Detected by Telescope]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61741-2004May27.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/hubble</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61741-2004May27.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/hubble</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2005 8:38:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[One of NASA's space telescopes has discovered what scientists believe may be the youngest planet ever spied -- a celestial body that at 1 million years old or less is a cosmic toddler.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[SCIENCE]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31913-2004May16.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/hubble</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31913-2004May16.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/hubble</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2005 8:38:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[    Hubble Reveals Nebula Features <br>The Hubble telescope has revealed unusual new features of the famous nebula known as the "Red Rectangle," a double cone of dust and gas spurting into space from opposing sides of a dying binary star.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sedna's Slow Rotation a Mystery]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12950-2004Apr14.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/hubble</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12950-2004Apr14.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/hubble</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2005 8:38:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Sedna, the most distant known object in the solar system, appears to rotate about every 20 days, so slowly that scientists thought it had to have a moon, but a month of searching since its discovery has failed to find one, and astronomers are scratching their heads in bewilderment.]]></description><author> Guy Gugliotta</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hubble's Fans Flood NASA With Ideas]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11858-2004Mar20.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/science/spaceexploration/hubble</link><guid 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