STS-125, or HST-SM4, was the fifth and final Space Shuttle mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. The launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis occurred on May 11, 2009, at 2:01 pm EDT. Landing occurred on
The Hubble Space Telescope in Atlantis' payload bay
From left to right: Massimino, Good, Johnson, Altman, McArthur, Grunsfeld and FeustelSpace Shuttle program← STS-119STS-127 → Hubble Space Telescope missions← STS-109 (SM3B)
Prince Philip of the United Kingdom visited Goddard Space Flight Center in May 2007 and met with the crew of STS-125.
The Cosmic Origins Spectrograph in the cleanroom.
The Hubble Space Telescope is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remains in operation. It was not the first space telescope, but it is one of the largest and most ver
STS-125
…STS-125, or HST-SM4 (Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 4), was the fifth and final Space Shuttle mission to the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis occurred on May 11, 2009, at 2:01 pm EDT. Landing occurred on May 24 at 11:39 am EDT, with the mission…
The Hubble Space Telescope during STS-125
Lyman Spitzer played a major role in the birth of the Hubble Space Telescope project.
Nancy Grace Roman with a model of the Large Space Telescope that was eventually developed as the Hubble Space Telescope. While listed as a 1966 photo, this design was not the standard until the mid-1970s.
American astronomer Edwin P. Hubble (pictured in 1931), for whom the telescope is named.