NASA Extends Hubble Operations Contract, Provides Mission Update
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Tuesday, November 16, 2021
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With Hubble continuing to make groundbreaking discoveries, the agency has awarded a sole source contract extension to the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) in Washington for continued Hubble science operations support at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, which AURA operates for NASA.
Key Points:
- With Hubble continuing to make groundbreaking discoveries, the agency has awarded a sole source contract extension to the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) in Washington for continued Hubble science operations support at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, which AURA operates for NASA.
- The award extends Hubble's science missionthrough June 30, 2026, and increases the value of the existing contract by about $215 million (for a total of about $2.4 billion).
- This contract extension covers the work necessary for STScI to continue to support the Hubble science program.
- "Mission specialists are working hard to figure out how to bring the other instruments back to full operation,"Zurbuchen said.