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  1. NASA's Great Observatories Celebrate International Year of Astronomy http://hbbl.us/mtII
  2. Hubble Image Showcases Star Birth in M83, the Southern Pinwheel http://hbbl.us/lqAK
  3. Astronomers Find Hyperactive Galaxies in the Early Universe http://hbbl.us/059259
  4. Put a Hubble image of the day on your WordPress blog. You'll automatically get a new picture every day to enjoy - http://is.gd/210Xq
  5. Hubble Captures Rare Jupiter Collision: NASA scientists have interrupted the checkout and calibration of the Hub.. http://bit.ly/s2tLP
  6. What you all have been waiting for - Hubble Captures Rare Jupiter Collision: http://hbbl.us/cef692
  7. STScI Joins the Search for Other Earths in Space: The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Md.. http://tinyurl.com/l8nv2h
  8. Servicing Mission 4 is over, but the work isn't done yet! Find out what's keeping Hubble engineers and scientists busy: http://is.gd/YRwq
  9. Space Shuttle Atlantis has landed, concluding the successful mission to upgrade and restore Hubble. New images will arrive in September.
  10. Atlantis will not land today due to poor weather. Next opportunities are Sunday at Kennedy Space Center or Edwards Air Force Base.
  11. Poor weather has delayed Atlantis’ landing at Kennedy Space Center. The next attempt will be at 9:16 a.m. EDT Saturday.
  12. The crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis has successfully tested the steering thrusters and flight control systems for Friday's journey home.
  13. The crew of the space shuttle Atlantis released the newly refurbished Hubble Telescope at 8:57 a.m. EDT.
  14. Atlantis astronauts successfully finished the final spacewalk to refurbish the Hubble Space Telescope.
  15. Atlantis astronauts have successfully replaced one of the Hubble telescope's Fine Guidance Sensors, which provide pointing information.
  16. Atlantis astronauts have replaced three batteries during the fifth and final service call to the Hubble telescope.
  17. In one of the longest spacewalks in U.S. history, Atlantis astronauts finally completed the repair of Hubble's failed spectrograph.
  18. The repair of the Hubble Space Telescope's ACS camera was partially successful. The "workhorse" wide-field channel is working.
  19. Astronauts began their fourth spacewalk at 9:45 a.m. EDT. The day's main task is to repair a failed spectrograph on the Hubble telescope.
  20. Atlantis astronauts successfully installed a new spectrograph, called the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph, aboard Hubble.