Elizabeth Howell (she/her), Ph.D., is a staff writer in the spaceflight channel since 2022 covering diversity, education and gaming as well. She was contributing writer for Space.com for 10 years before joining full-time.
NASA is mulling cutting back on two flagship space telescope programs to meet a budget shortfall in astrophysics, a report suggests.
Both observatories remain in good health. In addition, there are early-stage proposals to raise the orbit of Hubble, to help it keep operating far into the future;. Hubble's orbit was at 335 miles above the planet as of late 2022, which is 38 miles lower than its initial orbit. Molecules of, which launched in December 2021 and observes the heavens from a gravitationally stable spot about 1 million miles from Earth.
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