Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-125
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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STS-125
STS-125, or HST-SM4 (Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 4), was the fifth and final space shuttle mission to the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Space Shuttle Atlantis carried two new instruments to the Hubble Space Telescope, the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph and the Wide Field Camera 3. The mission also replaced a Fine Guidance Sensor, six gyroscopes, and two battery unit modules to allow the telescope to continue to function at least through 2014. The crew also installed new thermal blanket insulating panels to provide improved thermal protection, and a soft-capture mechanism that would aid in the safe de-orbiting of the telescope by an unmanned spacecraft at the end of its operational lifespan.
Space Shuttle Atlantis
Serial OV-104
Launch Crew Count 7
Status Retired
Landing Time 2009-05-24T15:39:00+0000
Crew
Scott Altman
Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1959-08-15
Status Retired
Type Government
Gregory C. Johnson
Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1954-07-30
Status Retired
Type Government
Andrew J. Feustel
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1965-08-25
Status Retired
Type Government
John M. Grunsfeld
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1958-10-10
Status Retired
Type Government
K. Megan McArthur
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1971-08-30
Status Active
Type Government
Michael T. Good
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1962-10-13
Status Retired
Type Government
Mike Massimino
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1962-08-19
Status Retired
Type Government
Space Shuttle
Height 56.10 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 28200 kN
Diameter 8.00 Meters
Mass To LEO 27500 kg
Liftoff Mass 2030 Tonnes
Launch Success 133
Consecutive Success 22
Maiden Flight 1981-04-12
Launch Failures 2
Programs
Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011.
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