Space Shuttle Hubble Mission: A Perfect Launch

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Science • Mon May 11, 2009 at 11:41 am PDT • Views: 197

A perfect launch this morning sent the space shuttle Atlantis into orbit, ready to begin an 11-day mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. NASA TV is replaying the launch on their video channel.

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