Ten years ago, the crew of Shuttle Atlantis was in the final phase of their Servicing Mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. STS-125 was proceeding to plan and their vehicle was deemed to be in excellent condition for the return trip. However, had Atlantis suffered major damage during her launch to the telescope, Endeavour was sat on Pad 39B, ready to launch at short notice on an ambitious rescue mission. This rescue mission was called STS-400.
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Saving Hubble: Endeavour’s ambitious mission to rescue the famous space telescope
Twenty-five years ago today, arguably the most important Space Shuttle mission of the 1990s landed…
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The Space Shuttle achieved many historic milestones during its 30 year career, with Friday marking one…
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Two NASA spacecraft are to join forces in finding a new deep space target ripe…
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One of the jewels in NASA’s crown – the Hubble Space Telescope – is continuing…
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STS-125’s John Grunsfeld and Andrew Feustel have completed and extended 7hour, 20 minute EVA-1 – the…
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With the debris strike on Atlantis’ starboard chine Thermal Protection System (TPS) – now confirmed…
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Shuttle Atlantis has launched on her flagship mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, as STS-125…
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With Space Shuttle Atlantis and her crew now less than two weeks away from launch…
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With less than one month to go before the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis’ flagship…
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With Space Shuttle Atlantis undergoing her second round of pad processing for the much anticipated…
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Atlantis’ trip to service the Hubble Space Telescope remains on track for May, although another…
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The complicated task of remotely switching the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) over to its Science…
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STS-125 has been given a new “work-to” launch date of February 17, pending a November…
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As preparations continue to switch the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) over to its back-up control…
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As NASA and the SSP (Space Shuttle Program) refine their orbiter schedules, preparations for STS-125’s…
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A major failure of the “Side A” control system on the Hubble Space Telescope has delayed…
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With the crew deep in mission training for October’s STS-125 mission to service the Hubble…
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The Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) has completed a re-evaluation of the delivery dates for ET-127…
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Atlantis is beginning her five month OPF (Orbiter Processing Facility) flow, in readiness for the…