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Hubble Telescope Could Operate Through 2020, Scientists Say

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Scientists working with the long-lived Hubble Space Telescope say that the intrepid eye on the sky could continue functioning through 2020, and even beyond.

Hubble is currently in good shape. The instruments repaired during the last Hubble servicing mission in 2009 have operated longer since the repairs than they did with the original hardware, Kenneth Sembach of the Space Telescope Science Institute said during a news conference in January at the 225th meeting of the American Astronomical Society.

Many of the other systems on Hubble are functioning well, even with the telescope reaching its 25th year in space in 2015. NASA did a study in 2013 evaluating Hubble's engineering and subsystems that ultimately showed a good likelihood that the telescope would continue functioning at least until 2020, Sembach said. [See amazing images taken by Hubble]

Operating the telescope through 2020 is an important goal for NASA. Hubble's successor NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) should launch in 2018, creating a one-two punch of space telescope observations for at least a couple years before Hubble's mission ends.

And officials are doing all they can to be sure that the spacecraft keeps working through at least that target date.

"We're conducting what we're calling the '2020 vision' for Hubble, and that is to make sure that the observatory is ready to run for at least five or six years to get at least a year of overlap with James Webb, if not more," Sembach said. "We're lucky in that we have very proactive engineering that's been going on over the last few years and continues to go on both at the [Space Telescope Science] Institute and at [NASA's] Goddard [Space Flight Center] to make sure that we're operating the observatory as safely and as effectively as we can. So, we're going to get to 2020."

JWST and Hubble are designed to observe somewhat different cosmic spectacles. JWST will extend Hubble's reach into the early universe, allowing scientists to potentially learn more about how the earliest galaxies formed.

If the two telescopes do function simultaneously, scientists might be able to observe one target using both observatories, giving researchers a more detailed spectrum of science from the cosmic target.

"The Hubble Space Telescope mission office and the James Webb Space Telescope mission office are discussing ways that we can allow people that have excellent science ideas that require both facilities to take data of the same targets to get those data sets on both missions," Jason Kalirai of the Space Telescope Science Institute said during the news conference. "We're in the process of putting together policies that are going to ensure that's possible."

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NATO switching to Cold War-style security schemes: Russias envoy to NATO – Video

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Ukraine Crisis Tops NATO Agenda: NATO says Russia supplies militants in east Ukraine – Video

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RUSSIA IS PREPARED FOR WW3. N.A.T.O THREATENS. – Video

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NATO eyes measures to respond to military threats from Moscow

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The Yamal, a Ropucha-class landing ship of the Russian Navy, fires rockets during Navy Day celebrations in the Crimean city of Sevastopol on July 27, 2014. YURI LASHOV/AFP/Getty Images

BRUSSELS -- With NATO officials calling Russia more unpredictable now than during the Cold War, alliance defense ministers on Thursday are expected to approve further measures to enhance the organization's ability to deter and, if necessary, respond to military threats from Moscow, officials said.

Adam Thomson, Britain's permanent representative to NATO, predicted "an encouraging degree of alliance commitment" that will demonstrate "NATO is strengthening its military posture in response in particular to the challenge that Russia's behavior represents."

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As outlined by NATO officials, key decisions expected at the Brussels gathering of U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and counterparts from the other 27 NATO member countries include:

- Upgrading the existing NATO Response Force to make it bigger, more capable and more quickly deployable. Now 40,000-strong, it has been sent into action just once - for earthquake relief 10 years ago in Pakistan - and has been deemed unfit for NATO's current needs.

- Firm commitments from some of NATO's European members to act as "framework" nations for the new and fastest-moving element of the Response Force, commonly known as "the spearhead," which officials now say will include around 5,000 land-based troops.

- An official go-ahead for a proposal to establish small NATO command and control facilities in the three Baltic republics - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - and Poland, Romania and Bulgaria, to improve coordination and planning, and in case of need, help smooth the way for fast deployment of the spearhead unit and follow-on NATO reinforcements.

-Expansion of a multinational headquarters in Poland that is designed to play a key role in the defense of NATO territory in northeastern Europe.

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NATO plans upgrades to counter a less predictable Russia

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Brussels With NATO officials calling Russia more unpredictable now than during the cold war, alliance defense ministers on Thursday are expected to approve further measures to enhance the organization's ability to deter or respond to military threats from Moscow.

Adam Thomson, Britain's permanent representative to NATO, predicted alliance commitment that will demonstrate "NATO is strengthening its military posture in response, in particular, to the challenge that Russia's behavior represents."

As outlined by NATO officials, key decisions expected at the Brussels gathering of US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and his counterparts from the other 27 NATO member countries include:

Upgrading NATO's Response Force to make it bigger, more capable, and more quickly deployable. Now 40,000-strong, it has been sent into action just once for earthquake relief 10 years ago in Pakistan and has been deemed unfit for NATO's current needs.

Getting firm commitments from some of NATO's European members for the new and fastest-moving element of the Response Force, "the spearhead," which officials say will include around 5,000 land-based troops.

Securing an official go-ahead to establish small NATO command-and-control facilities in the three Baltic republics Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania and in Poland, Romania, and Bulgaria to improve coordination and planning.

Expanding a multinational headquarters in Poland to play a key role in defending NATO territory in northeastern Europe.

All this comes as hundreds of new Russian aircraft, tanks, and missiles are rolling off assembly lines and Russian jets are roaring through European skies. While most Russian economic sectors face a 10 percent cut this year as the country heads into recession, the military budget rose by 33 percent to about 3.3 trillion rubles (some $50 billion). The buildup reflects President Vladimir Putin's apparent readiness to raise the ante in a showdown with the West over Ukraine.

Douglas Lute, US ambassador to NATO, said Hagel would make a formal announcement on Thursday, but he expected the United States will deploy American military officers to all six new command and control centers in Eastern Europe and contribute as well as to the corps-level headquarters in Szczecin, western Poland.

As for the spearhead force, Lute said the United States, instead of contributing ground troops, will chip in with things such as airlift capacity to transport soldiers and gear, or intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance.

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NATO ministers to meet on Russia, upgrading response force

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BRUSSELS With NATO officials calling Russia more unpredictable now than during the Cold War, alliance defense ministers on Thursday are expected to approve further measures to enhance the organization's ability to deter and, if necessary, respond to military threats from Moscow, officials said.

Adam Thomson, Britain's permanent representative to NATO, predicted "an encouraging degree of alliance commitment" that will demonstrate "NATO is strengthening its military posture in response in particular to the challenge that Russia's behavior represents."

As outlined by NATO officials, key decisions expected at the Brussels gathering of U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and counterparts from the other 27 NATO member countries include:

Upgrading the existing NATO Response Force to make it bigger, more capable and more quickly deployable. Now 40,000-strong, it has been sent into action just once for earthquake relief 10 years ago in Pakistan and has been deemed unfit for NATO's current needs.

Firm commitments from some of NATO's European members to act as "framework" nations for the new and fastest-moving element of the Response Force, commonly known as "the spearhead," which officials now say will include around 5,000 land-based troops.

An official go-ahead for a proposal to establish small NATO command and control facilities in the three Baltic republics Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and Poland, Romania and Bulgaria, to improve coordination and planning, and in case of need, help smooth the way for fast deployment of the spearhead unit and follow-on NATO reinforcements.

Expansion of a multinational headquarters in Poland that is designed to play a key role in the defense of NATO territory in northeastern Europe.

Douglas Lute, U.S. ambassador to NATO, said Hagel would make a formal announcement on Thursday, but he expected the United States will deploy American military officers to all six new command and control centers in Eastern Europe, and contribute as well as to the corps-level headquarters in Szczecin, western Poland.

As for the spearhead force, Lute said the United States, instead of contributing ground troops, will chip in with things such as airlift capacity to transport soldiers and gear, or intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets.

On Thursday, in addition to reviewing progress and taking decisions on how to keep transitioning NATO so it can better deal both with Russia and the instability spawned by Islamic extremism in Africa and the Middle East, the ministers will meet with their counterpart from the ex-Soviet republic of Georgia. A separate morning session is also planned on issues related to the effectiveness, safety and security of NATO's nuclear deterrent.

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