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Shuttle Blasts Off for Final Hubble Fix Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - Ehud Rattner Home >> Headlines >> Space   
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The space shuttle Atlantis blasted off successfully Monday afternoon on NASA's fifth and final repair visit to the Hubble Space Telescope. The spacecraft rocketed into mostly sunny skies right on schedule at 2:01 p.m. ET. Atlantis will spend five days upgrading the Hubble, the orbiting observatory that's been scanning the universe for almost two decades. For the seven members of the shuttle crew, that means added pressure. (source: nasa.gov)
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