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<title>HST Mission Update</title>
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<title>SM4 Scheduled for October 8</title>
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<description>With the completion of the recent Shuttle mission to the ISS, Hubble Servicing Mission 4 (SM4) is now next in line. The planned launch date is October 8. The WFC3, COS, and other hardware elements to be taken to Hubble are in the last stages of testing at Goddard Space Flight Center, and will be shipped to KSC later this summer. The process of training all the staff at JSC, GSFC, and STScI who will participate in the mission is in full swing. This is done via day long simulations of each of the major mission activities, with a simulation team throwing in problems and glitches for the technical, management, and scientific staff to sort through and respond to. The detailed plan for commissioning new instruments, and re-commissioning repaired instruments, after SM4 is also well along.</description>
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