Thursday, May 07, 2009

Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-125 Latest News

Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-125 Mission,
Service Hubble Telescope
Launch set for May 11th at 2:01pm EDT
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About Image: File photo from April 18, 2009 of the payload canister (right) with the Hubble Space Telescope equipment at the base of Launch Pad 39A… On the pad, the Hubble equipment was later transferred to Space Shuttle Atlantis' payload bay.
Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
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Final Preparations Continue as Launch Day Draws Near
Thursday, May 07, 2009

8:36am CDT
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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.
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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.
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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.
Info from the NASA.gov website
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AP has the following report posted up on their website today…
Astronauts making one last house call to Hubble
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STS125 Crew Introductions

About Video: STS 125 astronauts Michael J. Massimino, Michael T. Good, both mission specialists; Gregory C. Johnson, pilot; Scott D. Altman, commander; K. Megan McArthur, John M. Grunsfeld and Andrew J. Feustel take a break from training for the final space shuttle mission to service NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to have a round table chat with crew introductions done in their own words.
This video posted on YouTube by NASAtelevision
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