STS-125

[USA~Driver]

18May09

Running ahead of schedule, shuttle astronauts John Grunsfeld and Andrew Feustel are suiting up for the Atlantis crew's fifth and final spacewalk today, a six-hour excursion to equip the Hubble Space Telescope with a second three-battery power pack, a refurbished fine guidance sensor and fresh equipment bay insulation panels. One panel was deferred from a spacewalk Sunday when the crew ran out of time.

[Pocci]

Grunsfeld and Feustel are really the best. The Mikes yesterday were a little hectic.
(Wiggeling that power tool and almost dangling the tether fixation against the cards.)

[uri_ba]

well, Grunsfeld has done 5 EVA PRIOR to this mission, all of them on Hubble (STS-103 and STS-109). in addition this is his third spacewalk on THIS mission.. bringing him up to 8 EVAs on 3 missions (all HST).

both the Mikes together have (including this mission) - have 6 (four this mission, 2*2 + 2 from STS-109).

I guess Experience plays a part in all of this

But the Mikes did a great job, and they are sure fun to watch

[USA~Driver]

19May09

The space shuttle Atlantis crew on Monday afternoon completed its final spacewalk to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope.

[Greggy_D]

Hubble has been released back into space and Atlantis is backing away.

[USA~Driver]

20May09

The crew of the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis has said its final goodbye to the Hubble Telescope, after conducting days of complex repairs that are meant to give the aging camera at least five more years of clear vision.   

[USA~Driver]

20May09

Astronauts on Atlantis took a congratulatory phone call from President Barack Obama today the shuttle is in the home stretch of a successful mission to upgrade the Hubble telescope.

[bradleyjs]

21May2009,

I've been watching just about everything (via NASA TV) that the crew has done. It's truly amazing how well things have gone overall.. The weather probably won't be very good on Friday for a good landing..curious to see what they decide to do.

[USA~Driver]

21May09

Tests and testifying took up what NASA hopes is the last day in orbit for the space shuttle Atlantis.

With a landing scheduled for Friday, astronauts on the shuttle on Thursday conducted routine tests on landing systems needed before they return to Earth. The weather on Friday in Florida does not appear too welcoming. If needed, Atlantis conserved some power to continue landing attempts through Monday.

NASA will only try to land in Florida on Friday.

Also Thursday, astronauts testified briefly from orbit about NASA's budget before the Senate Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations Subcommittee.

[HMSEndeavorreborn]

So we could see an Edwards landing? Just my preference but I prefer a landing at the cape to EDW.

[USA~Driver]

So we could see an Edwards landing?......

By Monday, The oxygen supply on Atlantis will be at critically low levels. If the weather in Florida isn't satisfactory by then, the 'California option' is a must.

(Stay tuned) 

[HMSEndeavorreborn]

Just noticed this on the RSS feed from Astro Mike (Mission Specialist Mike Massimino)

From orbit: Watching our commander, Scott “Scooter” Altman, practice space shuttle landings using a laptop

Wonder if he's using SSM2k7 to simulate it or a NASA made program?

[Admin]

They are using a program similar to the "big" NASA sim. Go to the SSM2007 Wiki "Traning and Media" section here:

http://wiki.ssm-fans.info/tutorials

and check the NASA videos section

/Admin

[spaceboy7441]

The first landing attempt for today has been waved off.

[USA~Driver]

The first landing attempt for today has been waved off.

22May09

......The news came as no surprise to the seven astronauts, For days, the weather forecast has been grim.