The JPL-built Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 returned to Earth aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis Sunday (5/24/09). The camera was the Hubble Space Telescope's longest serving instrument.
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'Camera That Saved Hubble' - Didn't Want to Leave
After struggling with a frozen bolt, spacewalking astronauts removed the JPL-built Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope today (Thurs.).
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Astronauts to Lift JPL-Built Camera Out of Hubble
Spacewalking astronauts will remove the JPL-built Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope tomorrow (Thurs.).
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Mission to Return JPL-Built Hubble Camera Underway
Space Shuttle Atlantis has lifted on a mission whose goals include extracting and returning the JPL-built Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2.
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Hubble's Eye on the Universe
JPL's camera aboard Hubble has taken some of the space telescope's most memorable images. The camera will be removed and brought back to Earth during a Hubble servicing mission this month. |
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Stellar Shots: JPL's Camera on Hubble
JPL's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2, which will be returned to Earth as part of the next space shuttle servicing mission, scheduled to launch on May 11, 2009, took some of Hubble's most famous views. |
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Get in-depth information about Space Shuttle Servicing Mission 4 that will return the camera to Earth.
NASA's Hubble Servicing Mission
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