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'Camera That Saved Hubble' - Didn't Want to Leave

astronauts remove Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2f rom Hubble Astronauts remove the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 from the Hubble Space Telescope. Photo credit: NASA TV

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May 14, 2009

After struggling with a frozen bolt, spacewalking astronauts removed the JPL-built Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope today (Thurs.).

For more information about the mission to Hubble, go to http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle . For information about JPL's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2, go to http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/wfpc2