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30 Years Ago: STS-61, the First Hubble Servicing Mission

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« The Habitable Worlds Observatory, slated for a mid-2040s launch, will be stationed at Lagrange Point 2, Approximately 1 million miles from Earth — and it is being designed to be serviceable. NASA's hope is that, by launch time, crewed missions to L2 will be possible.

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