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...yeoman's work Hubble has done--peering deeper into the universe and farther back in time than eyes or earthbound instruments had ever managed--its prospects looked bleak a few months ago. The telescope was facing eventual loss of power and gyroscope failure, which would cut short its life-span by years. But given President Bush's ambitious plans for a manned moon and Mars program, NASA was looking for projects to chop. A shuttle mission to service the Hubble seemed pricey and, after the loss of the shuttle Columbia, risky. So the agency said it would let the telescope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hubble's Hope: I, Robot | 6/7/2004 | See Source »

...tournament will feature a 64-man singles draw and a 32-team doubles draw, and it will span from May 26-31, following the completion of the team tournament...

Author: By Rebecca A. Seesel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lingman, Chu Make NCAA Tournament | 5/12/2004 | See Source »

Forty-one Harvard students hiked the White Mountains in New Hampshire this weekend, collectively covering 40 of the 48 4,000-foot peaks over the span of three days, as part of the First Annual Totally Awesome Wilderness Expedition (FATAWE...

Author: By Margaret W. Ho, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students Scale 40 Peaks Over Weekend | 5/4/2004 | See Source »

Farkes belted four critical home runs over a span of four games against Dartmouth—three during Saturday’s doubleheader and one during yesterday’s—shattering Harvard’s single-season mark of 10 and breaking the Crimson’s all-time record...

Author: By Pablo S. Torre, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Records Crumble Before Farkes | 5/3/2004 | See Source »

...They will be in an atmosphere that will significantly lengthen [the collection’s] life span,” Brainard said...

Author: By Jon Dienstag, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Widener Reading Room Reopens | 5/3/2004 | See Source »

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