STS-125 Shuttle Mission to Service Hubble Space Telescope Launches on Monday 7pm

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Imagine what it feels like coming back from six months on ths ISS.

73,000,000 miles (roughly). :eek:

The convoy should be on the way in momentarily.

PS - Someone's got themselves an operations manual I see. If you have one that covers the internal layout and dimensions of the shuttle, I'd be very interested (I've been in the mock-up at KSC but it's still hard to judge).
 
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Berserker said:
Imagine what it feels like coming back from six months on ths ISS.

73,000,000 miles (roughly). :eek:

The convoy should be on the way in momentarily.

PS - Someone's got themselves an operations manual I see. If you have one that covers the internal layout and dimensions of the shuttle, I'd be very interested (I've been in the mock-up at KSC but it's still hard to judge).
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I will send the relevant email stateside. :)

I only have a hard copy that I acquired years back.

If successful, I will upload and link to it.
 
Looked waaaaaaaaay closer than that in the video.


I always thought that the big US airforce bases would have a huge exclusion zone around them. Tho it could have been base traffic.
 
The cars on NASA TV were a lot closer than that, but they were almost certainly involved with the shuttle, and not public. At that point (when the guys in masks were underneath) there was still at least a risk of explosive/poisonous gas (that's what they were checking for), so would need to make a swift exit if anything was found.

To seaviewuk, thankyou. Email address in my sig if that proves an easier solution. :)
 
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Hubble's fine. They're doing engineering and calibration tests right now and haven't come across any problems. No 'first light' for the new instruments yet - they'll be doing things like steering tests first to make sure the new gyros work, making sure there was no damage to instruments from the power supply failures, and make sure there are no software compatibility issues with the new instruments.

News, when it appears, will most likely end up here: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/news/index.html
 
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Hubble's fine. They're doing engineering and calibration tests right now and haven't come across any problems. No 'first light' for the new instruments yet - they'll be doing things like steering tests first to make sure the new gyros work, making sure there was no damage to instruments from the power supply failures, and make sure there are no software compatibility issues with the new instruments.

News, when it appears, will most likely end up here: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/news/index.html
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Linked... Thanks!

If they get the kind of multiples they were talking about in improvements, going to be amazing!
 
Thanks to Everyone
Sun, 24 May 2009 07:05:16 PM GMT

Before leaving Runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base in California, Commander Scott Altman spoke for his crew to thank everyone for getting them safely back home.

"At last! I didn't realize it was going to be so hard to get back to the Earth, landing here just felt great to everybody," said Altman.

"We're all thrilled to have the mission complete and it was a testament to the teamwork and cooperation of folks all across the country."

The STS-125 astronauts will be honored with a welcome home ceremony that will be held at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Houston's Ellington Field.
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Well, that's all for STS-125. Bring on STS-127 - launch targeted for 7:17 a.m. EDT (12:17 BST) June 13, 2009 for a 16 day mission to ISS.
 
Glad to hear the crew are all back safely, one gets slightly more emotionally attached with all these diary/crew highlight videos available now.
 
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