![Hubble engineers in the control center watch the space shuttle grapple Hubble with its robotic arm.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/39071725781-297793db1c-o-2.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Hubble Control Center – Servcing Mission 4
Engineers and controllers watch avidly as astronauts grapple the Hubble Space Telescope and attach it to the Space Shuttle Atlantis for upgrades and repairs in May 2009. Servicing Mission 4 would be one of the most challenging visits to the Hubble Space Telescope. In addition to replacing two instruments, spacewalking astronauts would fix a number of critical components — including some that had not been designed to be repaired.
Credits: NASA / Pat Izzo
TakenMay 13, 2009
Image CreditNASA / Pat Izzo
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