STS-125 Mission Update – May 4 2009

With launch of space shuttle Atlantis on the STS-125 mission just one week away, preparations at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39A are in the final stages. Over the weekend, workers repaired minor damage to a radiator faceplate on Atlantis’ left payload bay door, which occurred when a wrench socket hit the radiator during payload installation. They also finished the Orbiter Boom Sensor System stow, ordnance installation and will complete the shuttle’s aft closeout today.

The STS-125 astronauts are set to arrive in Florida on Friday, and today in Houston they will conduct a mission hardware review before beginning their standard prelaunch quarantine tonight.

The launch of Atlantis and crew on the mission to service NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is scheduled for May 11 at 2:01 p.m. EDT.