
NASA Asks Industry Whether Commercial Spacecraft Could Boost or Retire Hubble
NASA's 29 October 2026 request for information asks industry about boosting Hubble, servicing it, or bringing it down safely. Nothing is funded or scheduled.
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NASA's 29 October 2026 request for information asks industry about boosting Hubble, servicing it, or bringing it down safely. Nothing is funded or scheduled.

NASA powered up the Roman Space Telescope's 300-megapixel Wide Field Instrument in September 2026 and ran early checks on its planet-imaging coronagraph.

A new Hubble image of the nebula N44 in the Large Magellanic Cloud pairs a 210-light-year superbubble with a census of nearly half a million stars.

Hubble and Webb joined forces for the deepest survey of trans-Neptunian objects, finding 27 tiny icy worlds that preserve the early solar system's history.

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched Aug. 30 on a Falcon Heavy, beginning a five-year survey with a field of view more than 100 times Hubble's.