Special Tools Required For Last Call To Hubble
The right tools can make any job easier, and that will be especially true when the Hubble Space Telescope gets its last tuneup.
The Hubble Space Telescope has been orbiting Earth for 19 years and is about to get its final tuneup. NPR asked astronomers to share their favorite Hubble images and to explain why these are the ones that made them go "wow!"
![[Photo Gallery: Hubble]](http://www.npr.org/multimedia/2009/05/hubble/custom/elmegreen.jpg)
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The right tools can make any job easier, and that will be especially true when the Hubble Space Telescope gets its last tuneup.
On the final flight to Hubble Space Telescope, astronauts will be carrying 180 special tools, and 116 of them were designed just for this mission