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STS-125 Atlantis - The fifth and final space shuttle servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. Launch occurred on May 11, 2009 at 2:01 pm EDT. Landing occurred on May 24, 2009 at 11:39 am EDT, with the mission lasting a total of just under 13 days.
STS-125 was the first visit to the Hubble Space Telescope for Atlantis; the telescope had been previously serviced twice by Discovery and once each by Columbia and Endeavour. The mission was the thirtieth flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis and the first flight of Atlantis in over 14 years (since STS-66) not to visit a space station.
STS-125 Atlantis - The fifth and final space shuttle servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. Launch occurred on May 11, 2009 at 2:01 pm EDT. Landing occurred on May 24, 2009 at 11:39 am EDT, with the mission lasting a total of just under 13 days.
STS-125 was the first visit to the Hubble Space Telescope for Atlantis; the telescope had been previously serviced twice by Discovery and once each by Columbia and Endeavour. The mission was the thirtieth flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis and the first flight of Atlantis in over 14 years (since STS-66) not to visit a space station.
