Astronauts Adjust Ultraviolet Scopes

Eager to begin two weeks of stargazing, space shuttle Endeavour’s astronauts focused and adjusted three ultraviolet telescopes in orbit Thursday following a Wednesday night launch.

The crew’s four astrophysicists spent most of the day readying the telescopes for astronomical observations, expected to begin Friday.

During the 15-day flight - the longest in shuttle history - the telescopes will study ultraviolet light streaming from stars, galaxies, quasars, the moon and Jupiter. Astronomers want to understand how the universe began and how it might end.