Scientists serving Hubble said that the fearless space telescope could continue to function until 2020 and even longer.
"Currently, Hubble is in good condition. Instruments that were repaired during the last service mission in 2009 will work a lot more than originally thought," said during a press conference in January at the 225th meeting of the American Astronomical Society Kenneth Zembach from the Space Telescope Science Institute.
“Many of the other systems at Hubble are functioning well, despite the fact that in 2015 Hubble will celebrate its 25th anniversary in space. NASA in 2013 conducted an evaluation study of the Hubble subsystems, which ultimately showed that there is a high probability that Hubble will continue to work, at least until 2020 ", - said Zembach. The operation of the telescope until 2020 is an important task for NASA. Hubble’s successor, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, will have to go into orbit in 2018. And officials are doing everything possible to ensure that the spacecraft will continue to work until this deadline.
