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	Hubba Hubble

Richclips777

7-23-2009 10:58 PM

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hubble repairs, atlantis, sts-125

Richclips777 says:

"A view from above"
Take a space walk with the
Atlantis astronauts who carried out five back-to-back spacewalks to fix and upgrade the 19-year-old Hubble Space Telescope, adding five to 10 years to Hubble's the observatory's lifetime. Scientists hope to begin beaming back the results by early September.

Crew members for the STS-125 mission, from top left: Michael Good, Mike Massimino, John Grunsfeld and Andrew Feustel, and bottom from left: Gregory C. Johnson, Scott Altman and Megan McArthur.

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