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NASA launched Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-125, the fifth and final servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.
The Atlantis shuttle lifted off at 1129 local Florida time (1629 BST) on a mission to haul critical supplies to the International Space Station The flight is the 135th and final space shuttle ...
NASA The giant gold and silver satellite glittered against the black sky as space shuttle Atlantis closed in on it from below. Commander Hoot Gibson and pilot Guy Gardner flew the approach ...
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(CNN) -- The space shuttle Atlantis began a slow lumber to a Kennedy Space Center launchpad Wednesday morning, the day after NASA managers ditched the first rollout attempt. The shuttle is being ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (CNN) -- Space shuttle Atlantis blasted off from Kennedy Space Center Friday evening on an 11-day mission to the international space station. "And liftoff of space shuttle ...
And despite largely staying on NASA property, transporting space shuttle Atlantis required taking down 23 traffic signals, 56 signs and 120 light poles to fit its wide body through the streets.
Atlantis will now be put on display at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The shuttle spent a total of 307 days in space, orbited Earth 4,848 times and travelled an amazing 125,935,769 miles.
John Grunsfeld has a model of the Hubble Space Telescope on his bookshelf ... That final mission was the STS-125 servicing flight on the shuttle Atlantis, which NASA thought would give Hubble ...