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title: "Hubble Space Telescope"
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excerpt: "The HST, launched in April, showed by June that its largest mirrors were out of focus and in need of a fix. But it is nevertheless providing some great astronomical research."
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The HST, launched in April, showed by June that its largest mirrors were out of focus and in need of a fix. But it is nevertheless providing some great astronomical research.