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Day 05.18.09

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Twitter Updates for 2009-05-18

May 18, ’09 11:59 PM

RT @NASA: Lead flt director on today’s handrail issue: “This is why we have humans in space –we can deal with things like this real time.” # RT @DougH: Need to show someone what makes Facebook Connect cool? @poweredinc’s video is a good place to start http://bit.ly/19EBpS # I think the tweet stream this wkd [...]

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Hubble’s final servicing mission

May 18, ’09 12:01 PM
On Monday, May 11, after months of delays and preparation, NASA’s Space Shuttle Atlantis launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the final servicing mission to the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope. The seven crew members left Florida for low Earth orbit at 2:01 pm, for a scheduled 11-day mission, including 5 days of Extra-vehicular activity (EVAs) to work on the Hubble. So far the repairs appear to be going very well – the final EVA is scheduled for today, and the landing planned for May 22nd. I was fortunate enough to attend the launch at Banana Creek viewing area, and wish to extend my gratitude to all the people at NASA. (Only one of the photos below is mine) (31 photos total)
Space Shuttle Atlantis rolls atop the crawler transporter out to launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on March 31, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Matt Stroshane/Getty Images)
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