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HST Disposal Study Update

Results of the Architecture Design Lab (ADL) and Recommendations for Design Reference Mission

The Hubble Space Telescope is in a decaying orbit. To prevent the hazards created by such an event, the Cosmic Origins Program Office has undertaken a study of ways to complete the mission of the great observatory, either by controlled re-entry or placement into a long life orbit.

Cosmic Origins Program Office Brief to HQ
June 7, 2012

Hubble Repair Team Gets to Work
Astronaut Story Musgrave, anchored on the end of the shuttle’s robot arm, works on Hubble Space Telescope. Astronaut Jeffrey Hoffman works inside the payload bay.
NASA

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Angled from the upper left corner to the lower right corner is a cone-shaped orange-red cloud known as Herbig-Haro 49/50. This feature takes up about three-fourths of the length of this angle. The upper left end of this feature has a translucent, rounded end. The conical feature widens slightly from the rounded end at the upper right down to the lower right. Along the cone there are additional rounded edges, like edges of a wave, and intricate foamy-like details, as well as a clearer view of the black background of space. In the upper left, overlapping with the rounded end of Herbig-Haro 49/50, is a background spiral galaxy with a concentrated blue center that fades outward to blend with red spiral arms. The background of space is speckled with some white stars and smaller, more numerous, fainter white galaxies throughout.