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Story clustercameoplus technology2026-05-21

Hubble main mirror misground: error found after launch via flawed test device

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Hubble main mirror misground: error found after launch via flawed test device
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The Hubble Space Telescope's main mirror was ground to the wrong shape by 2.2 micrometers, about one-fiftieth the width of a human hair, and the error was only caught after launch because the device used to verify the mirror on the ground had itself been built wrongspacedaily.com2026-05-21core
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