STS-125

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STS-125 was NASA’s final Space Shuttle servicing mission to upgrade and repair the Hubble Space Telescope, extending its scientific capabilities and operational life.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission
NASA spaceflight
Space Shuttle mission
addedHardware Soft Capture Mechanism
alsoKnownAs STS-125
surface form: Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 4
commander Scott D. Altman
contingencyPlan launch-on-need rescue mission STS-400
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
crewSize 7
extendedHSTOperationsUntil at least mid-2010s
followedBy STS-127
HSTServicingMissionNumber Servicing Mission 4
installedInstrument Cosmic Origins Spectrograph
Wide Field Camera 3
is final Space Shuttle servicing mission to Hubble Space Telescope
landingDate 2009-05-24
landingSite Edwards Air Force Base
Edwards Air Force Base
surface form: Runway 22, Edwards Air Force Base
launchDate 2009-05-11
launchSite Kennedy Space Center
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
launchVehicle Space Shuttle Atlantis
missionDuration 12 days 21 hours (approx.)
missionNumber 125
missionSpecialist Andrew J. Feustel
John M. Grunsfeld
Megan McArthur
surface form: K. Megan McArthur

Megan McArthur
Michael J. Massimino
Michael T. Good
notable last human visit to Hubble Space Telescope
significantly improved Hubble’s imaging and spectroscopic capabilities
numberOfEVAs 5
operatedBy NASA
orbiter Atlantis
orbitType Low Earth orbit
performedEVA Andrew J. Feustel
John M. Grunsfeld
Michael J. Massimino
Michael T. Good
pilot Gregory C. Johnson
precededBy STS-124
primaryObjective Enhance the scientific capabilities of the Hubble Space Telescope
Extend the operational life of the Hubble Space Telescope
Service and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope
programPhase post-Columbia return-to-flight era
repairedInstrument Advanced Camera for Surveys
Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph
replacedSubsystem Batteries
Rate sensor units (gyroscopes)
Hubble Space Telescope data electronics
surface form: Science Instrument Command and Data Handling Unit
riskFactor no safe haven at International Space Station
servicedSpacecraft Hubble Space Telescope
spaceShuttleProgram NASA Space Shuttle program
surface form: Space Shuttle program
targetOrbitAltitude about 560 km
targetOrbitInclination about 28.5 degrees
totalEVATime about 36 hours
wasFinalHubbleVisitBy Space Shuttle

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Wide Field Camera 3 installedDuringMission STS-125
this entity surface form: Hubble Servicing Mission 4
Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph repairedDuringServicingMission STS-125
this entity surface form: Hubble Servicing Mission 4
STS-125 alsoKnownAs STS-125
this entity surface form: Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 4
Cosmic Origins Spectrograph installedBy STS-125
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle mission STS-125
OV-104 performedMission STS-125
Atlantis notableMission STS-125
STS-124 followedBy STS-125
Scott D. Altman spaceMission STS-125
John M. Grunsfeld participatedIn STS-125
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle mission STS-125
Michael T. Good spaceMission STS-125
launch-on-need rescue mission STS-400 launchOnNeedFor STS-125
subject surface form: STS-400
launch-on-need rescue mission STS-400 contingencyForMission STS-125
subject surface form: STS-400
launch-on-need rescue mission STS-400 wouldRescueCrewOf STS-125
subject surface form: STS-400
STS-127 precededBy STS-125
Andrew J. Feustel participantIn STS-125
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle mission STS-125
Michael J. Massimino participatedIn STS-125
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle mission STS-125
COS hostServicingMissionSTS STS-125
Hubble Space Telescope solar arrays finalServicingMission STS-125
this entity surface form: STS-125 (Servicing Mission 4, 2009)
Megan McArthur spaceMission STS-125