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.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: sts125-s-001
Date: December 2007
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.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: sts125-s-001
Date: December 2007