June 5, 2012

The Hubble Space Telescope seen from the Space Shuttle Atlantis on 19 May 2009 (Photo NASA)

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), an intelligence service of the U.S.A. whose specific purpose is to design, build and manage American spy satellites, has donated two spy telescopes to NASA. It seems that the NRO contacted NASA last year to see if there was a chance for the two satellites to be turned into scientific instruments instead of being dismantled.