Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-125

Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-125

Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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United Space Alliance

United Space Alliance (USA) is a spaceflight operations company. USA is a joint venture which was established in August 1995 as a Limited Liability Company (LLC), equally owned by Boeing and Lockheed Martin.

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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.

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Space Shuttle Atlantis


Serial OV-104

Launch Crew Count 7

Status Retired

Landing Time 2009-05-24T15:39:00+0000


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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


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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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