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Scott Douglas "Scooter" Altman is a retired United States Navy Captain and naval aviator, engineer, test pilot and former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of four Space Shuttle missions. His fourth mission on STS-125 was the last servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. As of November 2022, he is the president of the Space operating group for ASRC Federal.
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Altman (front center) with the crew of STS-125
STS-125
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STS-125, or HST-SM4, 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 lasting a total of just under 13 days.
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 →
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.