Atlantis and the STS-125 crew are set to launch at 2:01 p.m. EDT on Monday, May 11, on a mission to upgrade the world's most famous observatory.
Atlantis and the STS-125 crew are set to launch at 2:01 p.m. EDT on Monday, May 11, on a mission to upgrade the world's most famous observatory.
Expedition 19 is commanded by Gennady Padalka. NASA astronaut Michael Barratt and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata serve as flight engineers.
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Engineers spent two years designing and building what is suddenly the most famous treadmill in the world - or above it.
"I think the most exciting part is being able to use the things that I’ve been working towards for a very long period of time."
"I think that it, it’s normal for humans to feel the need to explore the unknown, to do something that has never been done before. "
"Without a doubt I was inspired by the early American space program, in particular the American Apollo missions."
"I was always very interested in combining operational tasks and engineering tasks. That’s why I became an engineer but also a pilot and a test pilot."
The Astronaut Hall of Fame class of 2009 includes three history making shuttle fliers.
The astronauts of Atlantis will mark their mission with a wide array of commemorative items they take into space.
05.06.09 - NASA Television will provide live high definition coverage of Monday's scheduled launch of space shuttle Atlantis on its STS-125 mission to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope.
05.04.09 - Students from the Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy in Atlanta will participate in an out-of-this-world learning experience on Tuesday, May 5, when they receive a call from astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
05.04.09 - NASA, the IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures announced Monday that IMAX 3-D cameras will return to space to document one of NASA's most complex space shuttle operations -- the final servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.
05.01.09 - News conferences, events and operating hours for the news center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center are set for the upcoming launch of space shuttle Atlantis.
These are copies of the flight plan timelines used by the crew onboard the International Space Station.
04.23.09 - Images shown by NASA TV during the April 23 STS-125 Mission Status Briefing are available for download by the media and general public.
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