Atlantis and the STS-125 crew lifted off on a mission on May 11, to upgrade the world's most famous telescope.
Atlantis and the STS-125 crew lifted off on a mission on May 11, to upgrade the world's most famous telescope.
Expedition 19 is commanded by Gennady Padalka. NASA astronaut Michael Barratt and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata serve as flight engineers.
Find details on all shuttle missions and expeditions to the International Space Station.
Tool designers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center had to invent several new instruments for the STS-125 mission.
NASA released an interactive, 3-D photographic collection of the International Space Station and a model of the next Mars rover.
"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."
Engineers spent two years designing and building what is suddenly the most famous treadmill in the world - or above it.
The Astronaut Hall of Fame class of 2009 includes three history making shuttle fliers.
05.11.09 - Space shuttle Atlantis with its seven-member crew launched at 2:01 p.m. EDT Monday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on the final Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission.
05.08.09 - NASA astronaut Mark Polansky, commander of the next space shuttle mission to the International Space Station in June, is sharing updates about his training and flight on Twitter.
05.08.09 - A prelaunch webcast, live blogs, podcast, pictures and videos will highlight NASA's Web coverage of space shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission to service and upgrade NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
05.07.09 - NASA will hold a media teleconference on Friday, May 8, at 11:30 a.m. EDT, to discuss the launch of an independent review of NASA's human space flight plans.
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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