Wolverine
7th June 2007, 11:29 PM
NASA announced today that September 10, 2008 is the target date for the launch of the fifth and final space shuttle servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. During the 11-day flight, Atlantis' seven astronauts will repair and improve the observatory's capabilities through 2013.
(Story (http://planetary.org/news/2007/0607_Target_Launch_Date_Set_for_Hubble.html))
(Launch manifest (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/iss_manifest.html))
I saw this reported at TPS and on Space.com (http://www.space.com/news/070607_hubble_launchdate.html), and I'm not sure if it's exactly news since it first hit the wires back in January (http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30D16F639540C728DDDA80894DF4044 82) -- but I'll take it. :)
(Story (http://planetary.org/news/2007/0607_Target_Launch_Date_Set_for_Hubble.html))
(Launch manifest (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/iss_manifest.html))
I saw this reported at TPS and on Space.com (http://www.space.com/news/070607_hubble_launchdate.html), and I'm not sure if it's exactly news since it first hit the wires back in January (http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30D16F639540C728DDDA80894DF4044 82) -- but I'll take it. :)