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Space Shuttle with payload bay doors open.

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Astronauts

Learn about the men and women who travel to space on journeys of exploration and discovery.

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Shuttle and Station Missions

Hubble Rendezvous Operations Underway

Atlantis and the STS-125 crew lifted off on a mission on May 11, to upgrade the world's most famous telescope.

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› Hubble Servicing Mission
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Expedition 19

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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Previous Missions

Find details on all shuttle missions and expeditions to the International Space Station.

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Latest Features

Hubble Flight Tests Toolmakers

Tool designers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center had to invent several new instruments for the STS-125 mission.
NASA Releases 3-D Views of Space Station, Rover

NASA released an interactive, 3-D photographic collection of the International Space Station and a model of the next Mars rover.
Preflight Interview: Tim Kopra

"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."
Preflight Interview: Roman Romanenko

"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. "
Preflight Interview: Robert Thirsk

"Without a doubt I was inspired by the early American space program, in particular the American Apollo missions."
Preflight Interview: Frank De Winne

"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."
COLBERT Ready for Serious Exercise

Engineers spent two years designing and building what is suddenly the most famous treadmill in the world - or above it.
Trio of Shuttle Astronauts Join Hall of Fame

The Astronaut Hall of Fame class of 2009 includes three history making shuttle fliers.

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Latest News Releases

STS-125 MCC Status Report #04

05.13.09 - The crew of Atlantis is ready to meet up with the Hubble Space Telescope 340 miles above the Earth today.
STS-125 MCC Status Report #03

05.12.09 - Atlantis continued to move steadily closer to the Hubble Space Telescope today, and its crew made good use of the time to perform a thorough inspection of the shuttle’s heat shield.
STS-125 MCC Status Report #02

05.12.09 - A busy day is ahead for the crew members of space shuttle Atlantis as they continue to close in on the Hubble Space Telescope.
NASA TV to Provide Coverage of Next Soyuz Launch, Docking

05.12.09 - NASA Television will provide live coverage as the next residents of the International Space Station launch and arrive at the station to expand its crew to six people.

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Media Resources

Informe Sobre La Misión Del Trasbordador Atlantis STS-125-3

05.12.09 - El Atlantis continuó su camino acercándose más cerca al Telescopio Espacial Hubble.
STS-125 Post-Mission Management Team Briefing Materials

05.12.09 - Images shown by NASA TV during the May 12 STS-125 Post-Mission Management Team Briefing are available for download by the media and general public.