STS-125 Mission Update – May 7, 2009
Final Preparations Continue as Launch Day Draws Near
At NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Atlantis’ seven astronauts are conducting a final launch simulation before they prepare to depart tomorrow for Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The crew is scheduled to arrive at the Shuttle Landing Facility at 5 p.m. EDT.
Final prelaunch operations continue at Kennedy’s Launch Pad 39A, where technicians are preparing space shuttle Atlantis for flight. Workers are charging the payload batteries in advance of closing the payload bay doors tomorrow night.
The countdown clock will start at 4 p.m. EDT tomorrow at T-43 hours. Liftoff of Atlantis and crew on the STS-125 mission to service NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is set for May 11 at 2:01 p.m. EDT.
