Hubble Mission Nears End (May 21, 2009)

[ChrisReid]

The Space Shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to report to Earth tomorrow after a successful mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. The telescope's upgrades definitely mean the best pictures are yet to come, but here's some impressive shots taken of the servicing project over the last two weeks.

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Original update published on May 21, 2009

 

[powell99]

The Hubble Space Telescope is really one of the most amazing scientific instruments ever. I'd love to see what sort of pictures we'll see from it now.

 

[NinjaLA]

The shuttle successfully touched down this morning, and the Hubble operation was successful.