Space Shuttle Hubble Mission on Schedule
The space shuttle Atlantis is on the launchpad and on schedule to launch at 2:01 pm EDT tomorrow (Monday), for its mission to perform extensive repairs and maintenance on the Hubble Space Telescope.
It’s been seven years since the Hubble was serviced, so there’s a lot to do; five spacewalks are planned. The last repair mission was supposed to take place in 2004, but was canceled after the Columbia disaster.
You’ll be able to watch the launch over the web (assuming everything goes according to plan) at NASA TV. Here’s the current view from their live feed:
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