Space Shuttle Atlantis blasted off at 2:01 PM EDT today, Monday, May 11, 2009, on the final Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission. STS-125 is an eleven-day mission that includes five spacewalks to refurbish Hubble with upgraded science instruments. The upgrades will improve Hubble\’s sensitivity up to seventy times and extend its lifetime through at least 2014.
Read more about STS-125 on the Hubble Servicing Mission 4 page on NASA\’s website.
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