One of the jewels in NASA’s crown – the Hubble Space Telescope – is continuing to expand our understanding of the universe, with new findings uncovering a previously unseen population of seven primitive galaxies that formed more than 13 billion years ago. However, the discovery was made via an instrument delivered by Shuttle Atlantis during her STS-125 mission, as her legacy lives on long after her retirement.
For NASA, 2009 proved to be a stellar year, one filled with five extremely successful…
As Atlantis’ launch date nears, engineers, Space Shuttle Program managers, and Agency personnel are continuing…
Engineers have found the root cause of the Aerosurface Servoamplifer (ASA) channel 1 failure on…
With Endeavour’s June 13 launch to the ISS now counting down, engineers are continuing to work…
Atlantis has returned to Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF-1) in preparation for her flow towards the…
NASA officials have cleared Space Shuttle Endeavour for launch on June 13 at 7:17a.m. This…
Atlantis is finally home after a cross-country trip on top of a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft…
Atlantis’ piggyback ride back to the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) is expected to come to…
The high tempo pace of shuttle processing continues through the weekend and earlier into next…
Endeavour remains on track for the setting of a June 13 or 14 launch date…
Post flight processing on Atlantis at Edwards Air Force Base (Dryden Flight Research Center) has…
Atlantis has landed at Edwards Air Force Base on EOM+2 (End Of Mission plus two…
Atlantis is still waiting on the weather in Florida, with the preferred return to KSC…
Following the early wave off of two landing opportunities at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on…
STS-125 is pressing through EOM (End Of Mission) activities, following the successful testing of Atlantis’…
The DAT (Damage Assessment Team) have completed the review of Atlantis’ Flight Day 9 Thermal…
The last humans to visit the Hubble Space Telescope have departed, leaving behind a rejuvenated…
The STS-125 crew are completing the final servicing tasks on the Hubble Space Telescope via…
For Flight Day 7 of STS-125, Atlantis’ crew turned their attention to the forth EVA of the…