Space Shuttle Atlantis Launched on Mission to Service the Hubble Space Telescope

Today at 2:01:56 EDT Space Shuttle Atlantis, STS-125, launched from the Kennedy Space Center on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. This is the fifth servicing mission to Hubble and last by a space shuttle.

The STS-125 mission will return the space shuttle to the Hubble Space Telescope for one last visit before the shuttle fleet retires in 2010. Over 11 days and five spacewalks, the shuttle Atlantis’ crew will make repairs and upgrades to the telescope, leaving it better than ever and ready for another five years — or more — of research.

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