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

Cosimo · 25 May 2009 at 10:19

Cosimo · 25 May 2009 at 10:26

... and if you missed it then grab a drink and watch:

Over and out.

NeilF · 25 May 2009 at 13:17

simulatorman said:
Welcome home Atlantis, mission accomplished.

Well... We don't know that for sure yet do we... Fingers crossed...

NeilF · 1 Jun 2009 at 09:05

Any news on Hubble so far?

Cosimo · 1 Jun 2009 at 10:06

NeilFawcett said:
Any news on Hubble so far?

If you listen to the various briefings during and at the end of the servicing mission then it would appear that the mission was a success. Hubble has gone through the re-commissioning process, engineers are still conducting some tests on Hubble’s instruments but Hubble is operational and here is today’s activity report:

http://hubble.nasa.gov/operations/activity.php

But note:

Also note that although an observation may have been performed, the data must be be processed and studied, and the finding may not be released for another few weeks to another few years.

The first new images are expected to be released in September.

NeilF · 1 Jun 2009 at 10:24

simulatorman said:
If you listen to the various briefings during and at the end of the servicing mission then it would appear that the mission was a success. Hubble has gone through the re-commissioning process, engineers are still conducting some tests on Hubble’s instruments but Hubble is operational and here is today’s activity report:

http://hubble.nasa.gov/operations/activity.php

But note:

The first new images are expected to be released in September.

Amazing really isn't... If this was done in 'bloke' fashion, we'd just open it up and take some picture with it and see if it worked