5 Things: Space Servicing

Just as cars need maintenance on Earth, sometimes spacecraft need fixing, too. 🛠️ When astronauts work on spacecraft in orbit, it's called space servicing.

Want to know more about space servicing? Leave your questions in the comments below for a Q&A from 12-2 p.m. EDT on 5/14 with NASA astronauts and experts!

💡 Fun fact! Astronauts traveled to the Hubble Space Telescope for five servicing missions. Their work is the reason why Hubble has lasted 30 years in space, showing us images of the universe as a more colorful and stranger place than we ever imagined.

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Producer: Haley Reed
Expert: Christy Hansen
Associate Producer: Paul Morris
Associate Producer: Teresa Johnson
Animation: Bailee DesRocher
Videographer: Rob Andreoli
Videographer: John Caldwell
Public Affairs: Claire Andreoli
Aaron E. Lepsch: Technical Support

Music credit: Universal Music Production
“Percs & Pizz,” Nicolas Montazaud [ SACEM ]
“In Light of Things,” Matthew Charles Gilbert Davidson [ PRS ]
“Patisserie Pressure,” Benjamin James Parson [ PRS ]