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STS-125

Launch: 2:01 p.m. EDT – May 11, 2009

Landing: 11:39 a.m. EDT – May 24, 2009, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

Space Shuttle: Atlantis

Crew: Commander Scott D. Altman, Pilot Gregory C. Johnson, Mission Specialists Andrew J. Feustel, Michael T. Good, John M. Grunsfeld, Michael J. Massimino, and K. Megan McArthur

 

STS-125 was the final servicing mission for the Hubble Telescope. The crew had to conduct spacewalks on five consecutive days that would leave the telescope upgraded and sending back even more spectacular images well into the next decade.

 

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Image Number: sts125-s-001

Date: December 2007

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