Find the latest news, photos and videos from Mexico.Read the breaking headlines from Mexico in UN NewsSign up for CNN's Wonder Theory newsletter.Explore the universe with news of amazing discoveries, scientific breakthroughs and more.NASA officials signed a space law agreement with SpaceX to investigate the benefits and risks of having a special mission servicing NASA's nearly 33-year-old Hubble Space Telescope, propelling it into a higher orbit to extend its lifespan. the space agency announced Thursday.“Hubble is incredibly successful.It's delivering great science right now," said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, during a news conference.But SpaceX approached the space agency a few months ago with the idea, he said, and the NASA team now plans to assess how a special mission could help "boost" and maintain the telescope.Zurbuchen added that it is not yet clear whether such a task can be carried out or not, and the purpose of the agreement is only to explore the technical feasibility of the idea.Jessica Jensen, SpaceX's vice president of Operations and Customer Integration, said the private space company "has a lot of experience docking (spacecraft) with the International Space Station."Jensen said SpaceX wants to build on this knowledge and see if a similar docking maneuver can be carried out with the Hubble telescope.It could be done "at no cost to the government," according to A. NASA press release.According to the statement, the space law agreement itself will not involve any exchange of funds.Launched in 1990, the space observatory had many servicing missions during NASA's space shuttle era, with the last mission flown in 2009. But the space agency's space shuttle retired in 2011, and no spacecraft have returned since.SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft missions captured much of the work the space shuttle program used to do, including transporting astronauts to and from the International Space Station.You may be trying to send a special mission to Hubble A Part of the previously announced and privately funded SpaceX program is called Polaris.The show is the brainchild of Jared Isakman, the billionaire CEO of payment platform Shift4, who first garnered international attention when he paid the company to take him and three guests on a three-day trip to the orbit.a land aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule last year.He announced the Polaris program in February, at which time he said the program would include at least three missions with SpaceX.The program's first flight, called Polaris Dawn, is expected to last up to five days.It will include an Isaacman crew and three others, traveling aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule to the Van Allen radiation belt, which stretches from about 400 to 6,000 miles (644 to 9,656 kilometers) above Earth.Scheduled to take off no later than March 2023.At a news conference Thursday, Isaacman said a second Polaris mission could be a great candidate to send a SpaceX capsule to Hubble.It's not yet clear whether an autonomous unmanned spacecraft can perform a Hubble servicing mission instead of requiring an onboard crew, according to Jensen.Zurbuchen added that this is all part of what SpaceX and NASA will explore as part of this space law agreement."We're seeing crazy ideas all the time," he said."That's what we're supposed to do."“Future teen idol.Friendly browser.Troublemaker.Music specialist.Avid practitioner of social networks.Problem solver".Your email address will not be published.Required fields are marked with *Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.