STS-125: The Final Visit to Hubble

STS 125 mission insigniaThe Space Shuttle Atlantis is about to lift-off on mission STS-125, Hubble Servicing Mission 4, the last scheduled servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope – launch time 7.01pm [BST]. BBC report here. As usual, there’s a launch blog and NASA TV has live coverage. And, if you missed it, here’s my Hubble 19th anniversary post again. Update Added launch video. And Related BBC report on Hubble.

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