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Hubble back in service after gyro scare—NASA still studying reboost options | Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think the person who funded inspiration 2 was working with NASA to see if they could do a Hubble boost operation with a dragon spacecraft and a special adapter. I wonder if that's gone anywhere.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They touch on that at near the end of the article, but there aren't really any updates:

Last year, SpaceX and NASA announced a feasibility study to determine whether it might be possible for a Dragon spacecraft to link up with Hubble and reboost the observatory, extending its orbital lifetime. This six-month study, which was concluded earlier this year, was also expected to look at ways for astronauts on the Dragon capsule to potentially service Hubble. If a servicing mission is deemed possible, swapping out gyros would surely be at the top of NASA's priority list.

NASA and SpaceX have not released the results of the feasibility study.

I think they're planning on testing Dragon EVA capabilities on the Polaris Dawn mission early next year. If that goes well, Polaris 2 could be the Hubble servicing mission. Polaris 3 is slated to be the first crewed flight of Starship.