The group says less time passes for an earthquake shock wave to reach a measuring instrument than in the past.

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Mission control replied that it was "wonderful to see Hubble, the most famous scientific instrument of all time, newly upgraded and ready for action thanks to you".

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One of these tricks is the ability to swivel its instrument in quick time to acquire a strip, or mosaic, of images around its target in a single pass overhead.

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Instrument makers of the time also invented a trumpet with a sliding, telescoping tube extension.

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