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Repairs to a spacecraft can present unique challenges. Two of the more known telescopes the Hubble and the Kepler became in need of repair after being launch into orbit. The Hubble approached the challenge of repairs threw it’s design to be serviced in space. The Hubble’s design made it one of the largest telescopes. The Hubble contained state of the art imagery technologies that...

Did you know that since April 2014, NASA scientists have been testing growing plants and vegetables on the Space Station? You see, a veggie system can keep astronauts and Mars colonists alive by providing the food they need. The Vegetable Production System (Veggie) is a real, non-science-fiction, portable unit capable of growing plants in space, providing a crew with a source of fresh, palatable, nutritious...