CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Against a backdrop of clouds and framed below by banks of trees and bushes, space shuttle Atlantis roars off Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a rendezvous with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope on the STS-125 mission. Liftoff was on time at 2:01 EDT. Atlantis' 11-day flight will include five spacewalks to refurbish and upgrade the telescope with state-of-the-art science instruments that will expand Hubble's capabilities and extend its operational lifespan through at least 2014. The payload includes a Wide Field Camera 3, fine guidance senso
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Against a backdrop of clouds and framed below by banks of trees and bushes, space shuttle Atlantis roars off Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a rendezvous with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope on the STS-125 mission. Liftoff was on time at 2:01 EDT. Atlantis' 11-day flight will include five spacewalks to refurbish and upgrade the telescope with state-of-the-art science instruments that will expand Hubble's capabilities and extend its operational lifespan through at least 2014. The payload includes a Wide Field Camera 3, fine guidance sensor and the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph.
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