‘Congrats Team’: Hubble Space Telescope Fixed in Tricky Repair Job

The giant Hubble Space Telescope can be seen as it is suspended in space by Discovery's Remote Manipulator System (RMS) following the deployment of part of its solar panels and antennae on April 25, 1990. NASA via AP

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—The Hubble Space Telescope should be back in action soon, following a tricky, remote repair job by NASA.

The orbiting observatory went dark in mid-June, with all astronomical viewing halted.