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Message: 1
From: NASA News Services
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:00:51 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Media Invited to View Last Planned Space Shuttle Main Engine Test

Media Invited to View Last Planned Space Shuttle Main Engine Test
Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:00:00 -0500

NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center invites journalists to view the last planned space shuttle main engine test scheduled for 2 p.m. CDT on Wednesday, July 29.

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Message: 2
From: NASA News Services
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:01:14 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Servicing Mission Observatory Verification (SMOV) Update

Servicing Mission Observatory Verification (SMOV) Update

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:00:00 -0500

Since the conclusion of Servicing Mission 4, engineers and scientists have been conducting the painstaking process of testing and reactivating Hubble components in order to bring the telescope back to full science operations.

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Message: 3
From: NASA News Services
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:01:15 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Servicing Mission Observatory Verification (SMOV) Update

Servicing Mission Observatory Verification (SMOV) Update
Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:00:00 -0500

During Servicing Mission 4, astronauts replaced many key parts — batteries and gyroscopes, for example — that affect the spacecraft component of the Hubble Space Telescope. Testing and calibration for the spacecraft itself is now complete, and that aspect of Hubble is in excellent shape.