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STS-125: Final Shuttle Mission to Hubble Space Telescope


HST_SM4/Timeline/Launch/Day1/Day2/Day3/Day4/Day5/Day6/Day7/Day8/Day9/Day10/ Day11/Day12/Day13/Mission Complete

Hubble Servicing Mission 4 (Space Shuttle Atlantis)
STS-125: Final Shuttle Mission to Hubble Space Telescope
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/hst_sm4/index.html



HST- Servicing Mission 4 Essentials
"Servicing Mission 4 Essentials"
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/SM4/main/SM4_Essentials.html



"the installation of Hubble's new instruments,
Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) and
the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS)."
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/SM4/main/SM4_Essentials.html


Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3)
Preflight Interview: John Grunsfeld, Mission Specialist
"The next priority is the Wide Field Camera 3. Is that a big improvement over Wide Field 2? "

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/hst_sm4/interview_Grunsfeld.html






Day1/Day2/Day3/Day4/Day5/Day6/Day7/Day8/Day9/Day10/ Day11/Day12/Day13/Mission Completed






"Updated: 04/24/09
The launch window for STS-125 "
http://www.cbsnews.com/network/news/space/currentglance.html#FLIGHTPLANA
CBS News Space Place - Space Shuttle Facts and Figures


HST- Servicing Mission 4 Essentials
"Servicing Mission 4 Essentials"
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/SM4/main/SM4_Essentials.html



Servicing Mission 1
The mission STS-61 of the Space Shuttle Endeavour took place in December 1993, and involved installation of several instruments and other equipment over a total of 10 days.
Servicing Mission 2
Servicing Mission 2 Discovery (STS-82) in February 1997 replaced the GHRS and the FOS with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) and the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS), replaced an Engineering and Science Tape Recorder with a new Solid State Recorder, repaired thermal insulation and again boosted Hubble's orbit.
Servicing Mission 3A


Hubble SM3B: 1of2 STS-109(Columbia)

Hubble SM3B: 2of2 STS-109(Columbia)

Servicing Mission 3A Discovery (STS-103) took place in December 1999, split off from Servicing Mission 3 after three of the six onboard gyroscopes had failed. (A fourth failed a few weeks before the mission, rendering the telescope incapable of performing science observations.)
Servicing Mission 3B
Servicing Mission 3B Columbia (STS-109) in March 2002 saw the installation of a new instrument, with the FOC being replaced by the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope



NASA - Preflight Interview: John Grunsfeld, Mission Specialist
"And at the time you guys will be the last people to lay eyes on Hubble as it floats away. Got any plans for that moment?



Hubble Huggers
Preflight Interview: John Grunsfeld, Mission Specialist
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/hst_sm4/interview_Grunsfeld.html

When I first went to Hubble, at the end of our three spacewalks, we deployed Hubble on Christmas Day, and I had very mixed feelings.
It was a wonderful sight to watch it slowly drifting off on the Earth’s horizon. I was privileged to go back again and I felt like I was visiting an old friend. I was convinced at the end of the last mission, as it floated away, that I would never get a chance to see the Hubble again but I knew somebody would. And of course that got thrown into disarray with the cancellation of the servicing mission on the shuttle, and so here I am, going back to visit an old friend to give it a new life along with a, a team of some Hubble repeats, other Hubble Huggers, and a new team."
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/hst_sm4/interview_Grunsfeld.html


Mike Massimino (Astro_Mike) on Twitter
"Just arrived at the kennedy space center, driving to the launch pad to check out our spaceship, space shuttle atlantis, 13 days from launch" April 28
http://twitter.com/Astro_Mike



























HST_SM4/Timeline/Launch/Day1/Day2/Day3/Day4/Day5/Day6/Day7/Day8/Day9/Day10/ Day11/Day12/Day13/Mission Complete

Hubble Servicing Mission 4 (Space Shuttle Atlantis)
STS-125: Final Shuttle Mission to Hubble Space Telescope
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/hst_sm4/index.html



HST- Servicing Mission 4 Essentials
"Servicing Mission 4 Essentials"
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/SM4/main/SM4_Essentials.html



"the installation of Hubble's new instruments,
Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) and
the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS)."
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/SM4/main/SM4_Essentials.html


Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3)
Preflight Interview: John Grunsfeld, Mission Specialist
"The next priority is the Wide Field Camera 3. Is that a big improvement over Wide Field 2? "

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/hst_sm4/interview_Grunsfeld.html






Day1/Day2/Day3/Day4/Day5/Day6/Day7/Day8/Day9/Day10/ Day11/Day12/Day13/Mission Completed






"Updated: 04/24/09
The launch window for STS-125 "
http://www.cbsnews.com/network/news/space/currentglance.html#FLIGHTPLANA
CBS News Space Place - Space Shuttle Facts and Figures


HST- Servicing Mission 4 Essentials
"Servicing Mission 4 Essentials"
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/SM4/main/SM4_Essentials.html



Servicing Mission 1
The mission STS-61 of the Space Shuttle Endeavour took place in December 1993, and involved installation of several instruments and other equipment over a total of 10 days.
Servicing Mission 2
Servicing Mission 2 Discovery (STS-82) in February 1997 replaced the GHRS and the FOS with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) and the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS), replaced an Engineering and Science Tape Recorder with a new Solid State Recorder, repaired thermal insulation and again boosted Hubble's orbit.
Servicing Mission 3A


Hubble SM3B: 1of2 STS-109(Columbia)

Hubble SM3B: 2of2 STS-109(Columbia)

Servicing Mission 3A Discovery (STS-103) took place in December 1999, split off from Servicing Mission 3 after three of the six onboard gyroscopes had failed. (A fourth failed a few weeks before the mission, rendering the telescope incapable of performing science observations.)
Servicing Mission 3B
Servicing Mission 3B Columbia (STS-109) in March 2002 saw the installation of a new instrument, with the FOC being replaced by the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope



NASA - Preflight Interview: John Grunsfeld, Mission Specialist
"And at the time you guys will be the last people to lay eyes on Hubble as it floats away. Got any plans for that moment?



Hubble Huggers
Preflight Interview: John Grunsfeld, Mission Specialist
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/hst_sm4/interview_Grunsfeld.html

When I first went to Hubble, at the end of our three spacewalks, we deployed Hubble on Christmas Day, and I had very mixed feelings.
It was a wonderful sight to watch it slowly drifting off on the Earth’s horizon. I was privileged to go back again and I felt like I was visiting an old friend. I was convinced at the end of the last mission, as it floated away, that I would never get a chance to see the Hubble again but I knew somebody would. And of course that got thrown into disarray with the cancellation of the servicing mission on the shuttle, and so here I am, going back to visit an old friend to give it a new life along with a, a team of some Hubble repeats, other Hubble Huggers, and a new team."
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/hst_sm4/interview_Grunsfeld.html


Mike Massimino (Astro_Mike) on Twitter
"Just arrived at the kennedy space center, driving to the launch pad to check out our spaceship, space shuttle atlantis, 13 days from launch" April 28
http://twitter.com/Astro_Mike



























HST_SM4/Timeline/Launch/Day1/Day2/Day3/Day4/Day5/Day6/Day7/Day8/Day9/Day10/ Day11/Day12/Day13/Mission Complete

Hubble Servicing Mission 4 (Space Shuttle Atlantis)
STS-125: Final Shuttle Mission to Hubble Space Telescope
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/hst_sm4/index.html



HST- Servicing Mission 4 Essentials
"Servicing Mission 4 Essentials"
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/SM4/main/SM4_Essentials.html



"the installation of Hubble's new instruments,
Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) and
the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS)."
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/SM4/main/SM4_Essentials.html


Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3)
Preflight Interview: John Grunsfeld, Mission Specialist
"The next priority is the Wide Field Camera 3. Is that a big improvement over Wide Field 2? "

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/hst_sm4/interview_Grunsfeld.html






Day1/Day2/Day3/Day4/Day5/Day6/Day7/Day8/Day9/Day10/ Day11/Day12/Day13/Mission Completed






"Updated: 04/24/09
The launch window for STS-125 "
http://www.cbsnews.com/network/news/space/currentglance.html#FLIGHTPLANA
CBS News Space Place - Space Shuttle Facts and Figures


HST- Servicing Mission 4 Essentials
"Servicing Mission 4 Essentials"
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/SM4/main/SM4_Essentials.html



Servicing Mission 1
The mission STS-61 of the Space Shuttle Endeavour took place in December 1993, and involved installation of several instruments and other equipment over a total of 10 days.
Servicing Mission 2
Servicing Mission 2 Discovery (STS-82) in February 1997 replaced the GHRS and the FOS with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) and the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS), replaced an Engineering and Science Tape Recorder with a new Solid State Recorder, repaired thermal insulation and again boosted Hubble's orbit.
Servicing Mission 3A


Hubble SM3B: 1of2 STS-109(Columbia)

Hubble SM3B: 2of2 STS-109(Columbia)

Servicing Mission 3A Discovery (STS-103) took place in December 1999, split off from Servicing Mission 3 after three of the six onboard gyroscopes had failed. (A fourth failed a few weeks before the mission, rendering the telescope incapable of performing science observations.)
Servicing Mission 3B
Servicing Mission 3B Columbia (STS-109) in March 2002 saw the installation of a new instrument, with the FOC being replaced by the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope



NASA - Preflight Interview: John Grunsfeld, Mission Specialist
"And at the time you guys will be the last people to lay eyes on Hubble as it floats away. Got any plans for that moment?



Hubble Huggers
Preflight Interview: John Grunsfeld, Mission Specialist
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/hst_sm4/interview_Grunsfeld.html

When I first went to Hubble, at the end of our three spacewalks, we deployed Hubble on Christmas Day, and I had very mixed feelings.
It was a wonderful sight to watch it slowly drifting off on the Earth’s horizon. I was privileged to go back again and I felt like I was visiting an old friend. I was convinced at the end of the last mission, as it floated away, that I would never get a chance to see the Hubble again but I knew somebody would. And of course that got thrown into disarray with the cancellation of the servicing mission on the shuttle, and so here I am, going back to visit an old friend to give it a new life along with a, a team of some Hubble repeats, other Hubble Huggers, and a new team."
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/hst_sm4/interview_Grunsfeld.html


Mike Massimino (Astro_Mike) on Twitter
"Just arrived at the kennedy space center, driving to the launch pad to check out our spaceship, space shuttle atlantis, 13 days from launch" April 28
http://twitter.com/Astro_Mike


































HST_SM4/Timeline/Launch/Day1/Day2/Day3/Day4/Day5/Day6/Day7/Day8/Day9/Day10/ Day11/Day12/Day13/Mission Complete

Hubble Servicing Mission 4 (Space Shuttle Atlantis)
STS-125: Final Shuttle Mission to Hubble Space Telescope
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/hst_sm4/index.html



HST- Servicing Mission 4 Essentials
"Servicing Mission 4 Essentials"
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/SM4/main/SM4_Essentials.html



"the installation of Hubble's new instruments,
Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) and
the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS)."
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/SM4/main/SM4_Essentials.html


Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3)
Preflight Interview: John Grunsfeld, Mission Specialist
"The next priority is the Wide Field Camera 3. Is that a big improvement over Wide Field 2? "

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/hst_sm4/interview_Grunsfeld.html






Day1/Day2/Day3/Day4/Day5/Day6/Day7/Day8/Day9/Day10/ Day11/Day12/Day13/Mission Completed






"Updated: 04/24/09
The launch window for STS-125 "
http://www.cbsnews.com/network/news/space/currentglance.html#FLIGHTPLANA
CBS News Space Place - Space Shuttle Facts and Figures


HST- Servicing Mission 4 Essentials
"Servicing Mission 4 Essentials"
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/SM4/main/SM4_Essentials.html



Servicing Mission 1
The mission STS-61 of the Space Shuttle Endeavour took place in December 1993, and involved installation of several instruments and other equipment over a total of 10 days.
Servicing Mission 2
Servicing Mission 2 Discovery (STS-82) in February 1997 replaced the GHRS and the FOS with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) and the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS), replaced an Engineering and Science Tape Recorder with a new Solid State Recorder, repaired thermal insulation and again boosted Hubble's orbit.
Servicing Mission 3A


Hubble SM3B: 1of2 STS-109(Columbia)

Hubble SM3B: 2of2 STS-109(Columbia)

Servicing Mission 3A Discovery (STS-103) took place in December 1999, split off from Servicing Mission 3 after three of the six onboard gyroscopes had failed. (A fourth failed a few weeks before the mission, rendering the telescope incapable of performing science observations.)
Servicing Mission 3B
Servicing Mission 3B Columbia (STS-109) in March 2002 saw the installation of a new instrument, with the FOC being replaced by the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope



NASA - Preflight Interview: John Grunsfeld, Mission Specialist
"And at the time you guys will be the last people to lay eyes on Hubble as it floats away. Got any plans for that moment?



Hubble Huggers
Preflight Interview: John Grunsfeld, Mission Specialist
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/hst_sm4/interview_Grunsfeld.html

When I first went to Hubble, at the end of our three spacewalks, we deployed Hubble on Christmas Day, and I had very mixed feelings.
It was a wonderful sight to watch it slowly drifting off on the Earth’s horizon. I was privileged to go back again and I felt like I was visiting an old friend. I was convinced at the end of the last mission, as it floated away, that I would never get a chance to see the Hubble again but I knew somebody would. And of course that got thrown into disarray with the cancellation of the servicing mission on the shuttle, and so here I am, going back to visit an old friend to give it a new life along with a, a team of some Hubble repeats, other Hubble Huggers, and a new team."
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/hst_sm4/interview_Grunsfeld.html


Mike Massimino (Astro_Mike) on Twitter
"Just arrived at the kennedy space center, driving to the launch pad to check out our spaceship, space shuttle atlantis, 13 days from launch" April 28
http://twitter.com/Astro_Mike



























HST_SM4/Timeline/Launch/Day1/Day2/Day3/Day4/Day5/Day6/Day7/Day8/Day9/Day10/ Day11/Day12/Day13/Mission Complete

Hubble Servicing Mission 4 (Space Shuttle Atlantis)
STS-125: Final Shuttle Mission to Hubble Space Telescope
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/hst_sm4/index.html



HST- Servicing Mission 4 Essentials
"Servicing Mission 4 Essentials"
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/SM4/main/SM4_Essentials.html



"the installation of Hubble's new instruments,
Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) and
the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS)."
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/SM4/main/SM4_Essentials.html


Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3)
Preflight Interview: John Grunsfeld, Mission Specialist
"The next priority is the Wide Field Camera 3. Is that a big improvement over Wide Field 2? "

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/hst_sm4/interview_Grunsfeld.html






Day1/Day2/Day3/Day4/Day5/Day6/Day7/Day8/Day9/Day10/ Day11/Day12/Day13/Mission Completed






"Updated: 04/24/09
The launch window for STS-125 "
http://www.cbsnews.com/network/news/space/currentglance.html#FLIGHTPLANA
CBS News Space Place - Space Shuttle Facts and Figures


HST- Servicing Mission 4 Essentials
"Servicing Mission 4 Essentials"
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/SM4/main/SM4_Essentials.html



Servicing Mission 1
The mission STS-61 of the Space Shuttle Endeavour took place in December 1993, and involved installation of several instruments and other equipment over a total of 10 days.
Servicing Mission 2
Servicing Mission 2 Discovery (STS-82) in February 1997 replaced the GHRS and the FOS with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) and the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS), replaced an Engineering and Science Tape Recorder with a new Solid State Recorder, repaired thermal insulation and again boosted Hubble's orbit.
Servicing Mission 3A


Hubble SM3B: 1of2 STS-109(Columbia)

Hubble SM3B: 2of2 STS-109(Columbia)

Servicing Mission 3A Discovery (STS-103) took place in December 1999, split off from Servicing Mission 3 after three of the six onboard gyroscopes had failed. (A fourth failed a few weeks before the mission, rendering the telescope incapable of performing science observations.)
Servicing Mission 3B
Servicing Mission 3B Columbia (STS-109) in March 2002 saw the installation of a new instrument, with the FOC being replaced by the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope



NASA - Preflight Interview: John Grunsfeld, Mission Specialist
"And at the time you guys will be the last people to lay eyes on Hubble as it floats away. Got any plans for that moment?



Hubble Huggers
Preflight Interview: John Grunsfeld, Mission Specialist
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/hst_sm4/interview_Grunsfeld.html

When I first went to Hubble, at the end of our three spacewalks, we deployed Hubble on Christmas Day, and I had very mixed feelings.
It was a wonderful sight to watch it slowly drifting off on the Earth’s horizon. I was privileged to go back again and I felt like I was visiting an old friend. I was convinced at the end of the last mission, as it floated away, that I would never get a chance to see the Hubble again but I knew somebody would. And of course that got thrown into disarray with the cancellation of the servicing mission on the shuttle, and so here I am, going back to visit an old friend to give it a new life along with a, a team of some Hubble repeats, other Hubble Huggers, and a new team."
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/hst_sm4/interview_Grunsfeld.html


Mike Massimino (Astro_Mike) on Twitter
"Just arrived at the kennedy space center, driving to the launch pad to check out our spaceship, space shuttle atlantis, 13 days from launch" April 28
http://twitter.com/Astro_Mike



























HST_SM4/Timeline/Launch/Day1/Day2/Day3/Day4/Day5/Day6/Day7/Day8/Day9/Day10/ Day11/Day12/Day13/Mission Complete

Hubble Servicing Mission 4 (Space Shuttle Atlantis)
STS-125: Final Shuttle Mission to Hubble Space Telescope
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/hst_sm4/index.html



HST- Servicing Mission 4 Essentials
"Servicing Mission 4 Essentials"
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/SM4/main/SM4_Essentials.html



"the installation of Hubble's new instruments,
Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) and
the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS)."
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/SM4/main/SM4_Essentials.html


Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3)
Preflight Interview: John Grunsfeld, Mission Specialist
"The next priority is the Wide Field Camera 3. Is that a big improvement over Wide Field 2? "

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/hst_sm4/interview_Grunsfeld.html






Day1/Day2/Day3/Day4/Day5/Day6/Day7/Day8/Day9/Day10/ Day11/Day12/Day13/Mission Completed






"Updated: 04/24/09
The launch window for STS-125 "
http://www.cbsnews.com/network/news/space/currentglance.html#FLIGHTPLANA
CBS News Space Place - Space Shuttle Facts and Figures


HST- Servicing Mission 4 Essentials
"Servicing Mission 4 Essentials"
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/SM4/main/SM4_Essentials.html



Servicing Mission 1
The mission STS-61 of the Space Shuttle Endeavour took place in December 1993, and involved installation of several instruments and other equipment over a total of 10 days.
Servicing Mission 2
Servicing Mission 2 Discovery (STS-82) in February 1997 replaced the GHRS and the FOS with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) and the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS), replaced an Engineering and Science Tape Recorder with a new Solid State Recorder, repaired thermal insulation and again boosted Hubble's orbit.
Servicing Mission 3A


Hubble SM3B: 1of2 STS-109(Columbia)

Hubble SM3B: 2of2 STS-109(Columbia)

Servicing Mission 3A Discovery (STS-103) took place in December 1999, split off from Servicing Mission 3 after three of the six onboard gyroscopes had failed. (A fourth failed a few weeks before the mission, rendering the telescope incapable of performing science observations.)
Servicing Mission 3B
Servicing Mission 3B Columbia (STS-109) in March 2002 saw the installation of a new instrument, with the FOC being replaced by the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope



NASA - Preflight Interview: John Grunsfeld, Mission Specialist
"And at the time you guys will be the last people to lay eyes on Hubble as it floats away. Got any plans for that moment?



Hubble Huggers
Preflight Interview: John Grunsfeld, Mission Specialist
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/hst_sm4/interview_Grunsfeld.html

When I first went to Hubble, at the end of our three spacewalks, we deployed Hubble on Christmas Day, and I had very mixed feelings.
It was a wonderful sight to watch it slowly drifting off on the Earth’s horizon. I was privileged to go back again and I felt like I was visiting an old friend. I was convinced at the end of the last mission, as it floated away, that I would never get a chance to see the Hubble again but I knew somebody would. And of course that got thrown into disarray with the cancellation of the servicing mission on the shuttle, and so here I am, going back to visit an old friend to give it a new life along with a, a team of some Hubble repeats, other Hubble Huggers, and a new team."
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/hst_sm4/interview_Grunsfeld.html


Mike Massimino (Astro_Mike) on Twitter
"Just arrived at the kennedy space center, driving to the launch pad to check out our spaceship, space shuttle atlantis, 13 days from launch" April 28
http://twitter.com/Astro_Mike
































HST_SM4/Timeline/Launch/Day1/Day2/Day3/Day4/Day5/Day6/Day7/Day8/Day9/Day10/ Day11/Day12/Day13/Mission Complete

Hubble Servicing Mission 4 (Space Shuttle Atlantis)
STS-125: Final Shuttle Mission to Hubble Space Telescope
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/hst_sm4/index.html



HST- Servicing Mission 4 Essentials
"Servicing Mission 4 Essentials"
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/SM4/main/SM4_Essentials.html



"the installation of Hubble's new instruments,
Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) and
the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS)."
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/SM4/main/SM4_Essentials.html


Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3)
Preflight Interview: John Grunsfeld, Mission Specialist
"The next priority is the Wide Field Camera 3. Is that a big improvement over Wide Field 2? "

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/hst_sm4/interview_Grunsfeld.html






Day1/Day2/Day3/Day4/Day5/Day6/Day7/Day8/Day9/Day10/ Day11/Day12/Day13/Mission Completed






"Updated: 04/24/09
The launch window for STS-125 "
http://www.cbsnews.com/network/news/space/currentglance.html#FLIGHTPLANA
CBS News Space Place - Space Shuttle Facts and Figures


HST- Servicing Mission 4 Essentials
"Servicing Mission 4 Essentials"
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/SM4/main/SM4_Essentials.html



Servicing Mission 1
The mission STS-61 of the Space Shuttle Endeavour took place in December 1993, and involved installation of several instruments and other equipment over a total of 10 days.
Servicing Mission 2
Servicing Mission 2 Discovery (STS-82) in February 1997 replaced the GHRS and the FOS with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) and the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS), replaced an Engineering and Science Tape Recorder with a new Solid State Recorder, repaired thermal insulation and again boosted Hubble's orbit.
Servicing Mission 3A


Hubble SM3B: 1of2 STS-109(Columbia)

Hubble SM3B: 2of2 STS-109(Columbia)

Servicing Mission 3A Discovery (STS-103) took place in December 1999, split off from Servicing Mission 3 after three of the six onboard gyroscopes had failed. (A fourth failed a few weeks before the mission, rendering the telescope incapable of performing science observations.)
Servicing Mission 3B
Servicing Mission 3B Columbia (STS-109) in March 2002 saw the installation of a new instrument, with the FOC being replaced by the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope



NASA - Preflight Interview: John Grunsfeld, Mission Specialist
"And at the time you guys will be the last people to lay eyes on Hubble as it floats away. Got any plans for that moment?



Hubble Huggers
Preflight Interview: John Grunsfeld, Mission Specialist
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/hst_sm4/interview_Grunsfeld.html

When I first went to Hubble, at the end of our three spacewalks, we deployed Hubble on Christmas Day, and I had very mixed feelings.
It was a wonderful sight to watch it slowly drifting off on the Earth’s horizon. I was privileged to go back again and I felt like I was visiting an old friend. I was convinced at the end of the last mission, as it floated away, that I would never get a chance to see the Hubble again but I knew somebody would. And of course that got thrown into disarray with the cancellation of the servicing mission on the shuttle, and so here I am, going back to visit an old friend to give it a new life along with a, a team of some Hubble repeats, other Hubble Huggers, and a new team."
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/hst_sm4/interview_Grunsfeld.html


Mike Massimino (Astro_Mike) on Twitter
"Just arrived at the kennedy space center, driving to the launch pad to check out our spaceship, space shuttle atlantis, 13 days from launch" April 28
http://twitter.com/Astro_Mike



























HST_SM4/Timeline/Launch/Day1/Day2/Day3/Day4/Day5/Day6/Day7/Day8/Day9/Day10/ Day11/Day12/Day13/Mission Complete

Hubble Servicing Mission 4 (Space Shuttle Atlantis)
STS-125: Final Shuttle Mission to Hubble Space Telescope
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/hst_sm4/index.html



HST- Servicing Mission 4 Essentials
"Servicing Mission 4 Essentials"
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/SM4/main/SM4_Essentials.html



"the installation of Hubble's new instruments,
Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) and
the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS)."
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/SM4/main/SM4_Essentials.html


Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3)
Preflight Interview: John Grunsfeld, Mission Specialist
"The next priority is the Wide Field Camera 3. Is that a big improvement over Wide Field 2? "

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/hst_sm4/interview_Grunsfeld.html






Day1/Day2/Day3/Day4/Day5/Day6/Day7/Day8/Day9/Day10/ Day11/Day12/Day13/Mission Completed






"Updated: 04/24/09
The launch window for STS-125 "
http://www.cbsnews.com/network/news/space/currentglance.html#FLIGHTPLANA
CBS News Space Place - Space Shuttle Facts and Figures


HST- Servicing Mission 4 Essentials
"Servicing Mission 4 Essentials"
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/SM4/main/SM4_Essentials.html



Servicing Mission 1
The mission STS-61 of the Space Shuttle Endeavour took place in December 1993, and involved installation of several instruments and other equipment over a total of 10 days.
Servicing Mission 2
Servicing Mission 2 Discovery (STS-82) in February 1997 replaced the GHRS and the FOS with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) and the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS), replaced an Engineering and Science Tape Recorder with a new Solid State Recorder, repaired thermal insulation and again boosted Hubble's orbit.
Servicing Mission 3A


Hubble SM3B: 1of2 STS-109(Columbia)

Hubble SM3B: 2of2 STS-109(Columbia)

Servicing Mission 3A Discovery (STS-103) took place in December 1999, split off from Servicing Mission 3 after three of the six onboard gyroscopes had failed. (A fourth failed a few weeks before the mission, rendering the telescope incapable of performing science observations.)
Servicing Mission 3B
Servicing Mission 3B Columbia (STS-109) in March 2002 saw the installation of a new instrument, with the FOC being replaced by the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope



NASA - Preflight Interview: John Grunsfeld, Mission Specialist
"And at the time you guys will be the last people to lay eyes on Hubble as it floats away. Got any plans for that moment?



Hubble Huggers
Preflight Interview: John Grunsfeld, Mission Specialist
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/hst_sm4/interview_Grunsfeld.html

When I first went to Hubble, at the end of our three spacewalks, we deployed Hubble on Christmas Day, and I had very mixed feelings.
It was a wonderful sight to watch it slowly drifting off on the Earth’s horizon. I was privileged to go back again and I felt like I was visiting an old friend. I was convinced at the end of the last mission, as it floated away, that I would never get a chance to see the Hubble again but I knew somebody would. And of course that got thrown into disarray with the cancellation of the servicing mission on the shuttle, and so here I am, going back to visit an old friend to give it a new life along with a, a team of some Hubble repeats, other Hubble Huggers, and a new team."
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/hst_sm4/interview_Grunsfeld.html


Mike Massimino (Astro_Mike) on Twitter
"Just arrived at the kennedy space center, driving to the launch pad to check out our spaceship, space shuttle atlantis, 13 days from launch" April 28
http://twitter.com/Astro_Mike



























HST_SM4/Timeline/Launch/Day1/Day2/Day3/Day4/Day5/Day6/Day7/Day8/Day9/Day10/ Day11/Day12/Day13/Mission Complete

Hubble Servicing Mission 4 (Space Shuttle Atlantis)
STS-125: Final Shuttle Mission to Hubble Space Telescope
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/hst_sm4/index.html



HST- Servicing Mission 4 Essentials
"Servicing Mission 4 Essentials"
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/SM4/main/SM4_Essentials.html



"the installation of Hubble's new instruments,
Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) and
the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS)."
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/SM4/main/SM4_Essentials.html


Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3)
Preflight Interview: John Grunsfeld, Mission Specialist
"The next priority is the Wide Field Camera 3. Is that a big improvement over Wide Field 2? "

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/hst_sm4/interview_Grunsfeld.html






Day1/Day2/Day3/Day4/Day5/Day6/Day7/Day8/Day9/Day10/ Day11/Day12/Day13/Mission Completed






"Updated: 04/24/09
The launch window for STS-125 "
http://www.cbsnews.com/network/news/space/currentglance.html#FLIGHTPLANA
CBS News Space Place - Space Shuttle Facts and Figures


HST- Servicing Mission 4 Essentials
"Servicing Mission 4 Essentials"
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/SM4/main/SM4_Essentials.html



Servicing Mission 1
The mission STS-61 of the Space Shuttle Endeavour took place in December 1993, and involved installation of several instruments and other equipment over a total of 10 days.
Servicing Mission 2
Servicing Mission 2 Discovery (STS-82) in February 1997 replaced the GHRS and the FOS with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) and the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS), replaced an Engineering and Science Tape Recorder with a new Solid State Recorder, repaired thermal insulation and again boosted Hubble's orbit.
Servicing Mission 3A


Hubble SM3B: 1of2 STS-109(Columbia)

Hubble SM3B: 2of2 STS-109(Columbia)

Servicing Mission 3A Discovery (STS-103) took place in December 1999, split off from Servicing Mission 3 after three of the six onboard gyroscopes had failed. (A fourth failed a few weeks before the mission, rendering the telescope incapable of performing science observations.)
Servicing Mission 3B
Servicing Mission 3B Columbia (STS-109) in March 2002 saw the installation of a new instrument, with the FOC being replaced by the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope



NASA - Preflight Interview: John Grunsfeld, Mission Specialist
"And at the time you guys will be the last people to lay eyes on Hubble as it floats away. Got any plans for that moment?



Hubble Huggers
Preflight Interview: John Grunsfeld, Mission Specialist
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/hst_sm4/interview_Grunsfeld.html

When I first went to Hubble, at the end of our three spacewalks, we deployed Hubble on Christmas Day, and I had very mixed feelings.
It was a wonderful sight to watch it slowly drifting off on the Earth’s horizon. I was privileged to go back again and I felt like I was visiting an old friend. I was convinced at the end of the last mission, as it floated away, that I would never get a chance to see the Hubble again but I knew somebody would. And of course that got thrown into disarray with the cancellation of the servicing mission on the shuttle, and so here I am, going back to visit an old friend to give it a new life along with a, a team of some Hubble repeats, other Hubble Huggers, and a new team."
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/hst_sm4/interview_Grunsfeld.html


Mike Massimino (Astro_Mike) on Twitter
"Just arrived at the kennedy space center, driving to the launch pad to check out our spaceship, space shuttle atlantis, 13 days from launch" April 28
http://twitter.com/Astro_Mike































HST_SM4/Timeline/Launch/Day1/Day2/Day3/Day4/Day5/Day6/Day7/Day8/Day9/Day10/ Day11/Day12/Day13/Mission Complete

Hubble Servicing Mission 4 (Space Shuttle Atlantis)
STS-125: Final Shuttle Mission to Hubble Space Telescope
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/hst_sm4/index.html



HST- Servicing Mission 4 Essentials
"Servicing Mission 4 Essentials"
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/SM4/main/SM4_Essentials.html



"the installation of Hubble's new instruments,
Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) and
the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS)."
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/SM4/main/SM4_Essentials.html


Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3)
Preflight Interview: John Grunsfeld, Mission Specialist
"The next priority is the Wide Field Camera 3. Is that a big improvement over Wide Field 2? "

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/hst_sm4/interview_Grunsfeld.html






Day1/Day2/Day3/Day4/Day5/Day6/Day7/Day8/Day9/Day10/ Day11/Day12/Day13/Mission Completed






"Updated: 04/24/09
The launch window for STS-125 "
http://www.cbsnews.com/network/news/space/currentglance.html#FLIGHTPLANA
CBS News Space Place - Space Shuttle Facts and Figures


HST- Servicing Mission 4 Essentials
"Servicing Mission 4 Essentials"
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/SM4/main/SM4_Essentials.html



Servicing Mission 1
The mission STS-61 of the Space Shuttle Endeavour took place in December 1993, and involved installation of several instruments and other equipment over a total of 10 days.
Servicing Mission 2
Servicing Mission 2 Discovery (STS-82) in February 1997 replaced the GHRS and the FOS with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) and the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS), replaced an Engineering and Science Tape Recorder with a new Solid State Recorder, repaired thermal insulation and again boosted Hubble's orbit.
Servicing Mission 3A


Hubble SM3B: 1of2 STS-109(Columbia)

Hubble SM3B: 2of2 STS-109(Columbia)

Servicing Mission 3A Discovery (STS-103) took place in December 1999, split off from Servicing Mission 3 after three of the six onboard gyroscopes had failed. (A fourth failed a few weeks before the mission, rendering the telescope incapable of performing science observations.)
Servicing Mission 3B
Servicing Mission 3B Columbia (STS-109) in March 2002 saw the installation of a new instrument, with the FOC being replaced by the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope



NASA - Preflight Interview: John Grunsfeld, Mission Specialist
"And at the time you guys will be the last people to lay eyes on Hubble as it floats away. Got any plans for that moment?



Hubble Huggers
Preflight Interview: John Grunsfeld, Mission Specialist
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/hst_sm4/interview_Grunsfeld.html

When I first went to Hubble, at the end of our three spacewalks, we deployed Hubble on Christmas Day, and I had very mixed feelings.
It was a wonderful sight to watch it slowly drifting off on the Earth’s horizon. I was privileged to go back again and I felt like I was visiting an old friend. I was convinced at the end of the last mission, as it floated away, that I would never get a chance to see the Hubble again but I knew somebody would. And of course that got thrown into disarray with the cancellation of the servicing mission on the shuttle, and so here I am, going back to visit an old friend to give it a new life along with a, a team of some Hubble repeats, other Hubble Huggers, and a new team."
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/hst_sm4/interview_Grunsfeld.html


Mike Massimino (Astro_Mike) on Twitter
"Just arrived at the kennedy space center, driving to the launch pad to check out our spaceship, space shuttle atlantis, 13 days from launch" April 28
http://twitter.com/Astro_Mike



























HST_SM4/Timeline/Launch/Day1/Day2/Day3/Day4/Day5/Day6/Day7/Day8/Day9/Day10/ Day11/Day12/Day13/Mission Complete

Hubble Servicing Mission 4 (Space Shuttle Atlantis)
STS-125: Final Shuttle Mission to Hubble Space Telescope
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/hst_sm4/index.html



HST- Servicing Mission 4 Essentials
"Servicing Mission 4 Essentials"
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/SM4/main/SM4_Essentials.html



"the installation of Hubble's new instruments,
Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) and
the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS)."
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/SM4/main/SM4_Essentials.html


Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3)
Preflight Interview: John Grunsfeld, Mission Specialist
"The next priority is the Wide Field Camera 3. Is that a big improvement over Wide Field 2? "

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/hst_sm4/interview_Grunsfeld.html






Day1/Day2/Day3/Day4/Day5/Day6/Day7/Day8/Day9/Day10/ Day11/Day12/Day13/Mission Completed






"Updated: 04/24/09
The launch window for STS-125 "
http://www.cbsnews.com/network/news/space/currentglance.html#FLIGHTPLANA
CBS News Space Place - Space Shuttle Facts and Figures


HST- Servicing Mission 4 Essentials
"Servicing Mission 4 Essentials"
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/SM4/main/SM4_Essentials.html



Servicing Mission 1
The mission STS-61 of the Space Shuttle Endeavour took place in December 1993, and involved installation of several instruments and other equipment over a total of 10 days.
Servicing Mission 2
Servicing Mission 2 Discovery (STS-82) in February 1997 replaced the GHRS and the FOS with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) and the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS), replaced an Engineering and Science Tape Recorder with a new Solid State Recorder, repaired thermal insulation and again boosted Hubble's orbit.
Servicing Mission 3A


Hubble SM3B: 1of2 STS-109(Columbia)

Hubble SM3B: 2of2 STS-109(Columbia)

Servicing Mission 3A Discovery (STS-103) took place in December 1999, split off from Servicing Mission 3 after three of the six onboard gyroscopes had failed. (A fourth failed a few weeks before the mission, rendering the telescope incapable of performing science observations.)
Servicing Mission 3B
Servicing Mission 3B Columbia (STS-109) in March 2002 saw the installation of a new instrument, with the FOC being replaced by the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope



NASA - Preflight Interview: John Grunsfeld, Mission Specialist
"And at the time you guys will be the last people to lay eyes on Hubble as it floats away. Got any plans for that moment?



Hubble Huggers
Preflight Interview: John Grunsfeld, Mission Specialist
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/hst_sm4/interview_Grunsfeld.html

When I first went to Hubble, at the end of our three spacewalks, we deployed Hubble on Christmas Day, and I had very mixed feelings.
It was a wonderful sight to watch it slowly drifting off on the Earth’s horizon. I was privileged to go back again and I felt like I was visiting an old friend. I was convinced at the end of the last mission, as it floated away, that I would never get a chance to see the Hubble again but I knew somebody would. And of course that got thrown into disarray with the cancellation of the servicing mission on the shuttle, and so here I am, going back to visit an old friend to give it a new life along with a, a team of some Hubble repeats, other Hubble Huggers