STS-125
From The Space Library
Organization | NASA-Office of Space Flight (United States) |
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Mission type | Human Crew,Resupply/Refurbishment/Repair |
Launch date | May 11, 2009 |
Launch vehicle | Space Shuttle |
Carrier rocket | {$Carrier Rocket} |
Launch site | Cape Canaveral, United States |
COSPAR ID | 2009-025A |
Mass | {$Mass} |
Experiments | Here |
Alternate Names | 34933 |
Nominal Power | {$Nominal Power} |
Additional Information | Here |
Data Collection | Here |
Payload Mass Up | 10094.24 kg |
STS 125 is an American shuttle craft that was launched from Cape Canaveral at 18:01 UT on 11 May 2009 carrying seven astronauts. This is the fifth Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission. Over the course of five spacewalks the astronauts replaced two science instruments, repaired two others, and replaced gyroscopes, star sensors, a science computer, batteries and thermal blankets. The STS 125 mission concluded with a landing at Edwards Air Force Base on 24 May 2009 at 15:39 UT.