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The Hubble Space Telescope
In April 1990 the huge space telescope was launched into orbit above the earth. But when it began sending images back to Nasa - they were out of focus. In 2010 Lucy Williamson spoke to Mike Weiss, the Nasa engineer in charge of fixing it.
(Photo: The Hubble Space Telescope. Credit Nasa)
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