JPL and the Space Age: To the Rescue
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In 1990, Hubble meant trouble. The highly touted space telescope was designed to escape Earth's blurry atmosphere to capture unparalleled visual images of the universe, but its creators were shocked to discover that a minuscule flaw rendered it nearsighted. Enter NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientists and engineers, who offered up an ingenious solution to Hubble's visual woes. But would it work?
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