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Liftoff of Space Shuttle Atlantis!
Mon, 11 May 2009 02:02:11 PM EDT
With its main engines burning and solid rocket boosters roaring, space shuttle Atlantis blazes a trail through cloudless afternoon skies over NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, after an on-time liftoff at 2:01 p.m. EDT.
Atlantis and its crew of seven astronauts are beginning an 11-day mission to service NASA's Hubble Space Telescope one last time.
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The Space Shuttle Program has retargeted the STS-125 launch for May 11 at 2:01:49 p.m. EDT.
(04.29.2009)
Here are key times (all are EDT):
- Launch: Monday May 11 at 2:01 p.m.
- Hubble Grapple: Wednesday May 13 at 12:54 p.m.
- Hubble Release: Tuesday May 19 at 8:53 a.m.
- Kennedy Landing: Friday May 22 at 11:41 a.m.
(Planned Mission Elapsed Time 10 Days, 21 Hours, 40 minutes)
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