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1. STS-125 MCC Status Report #26
2. STS-125 MCC Status Report #27

Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 00:05:45 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-125 MCC Status Report #26

STS-125 Report #26 Sunday, May 24, 2009 - 12:30 a m CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

Atlantis’ crew is again preparing for landing today as mission managers continue to monitor the weather in Florida and California The crew woke up this morning at 12:01 a m CDT to “The Ride of the Valkyries,” composed by Richard Wagner It was played for the entire crew

For the first opportunity in Florida at Kennedy Space Center, the crew would execute a deorbit burn at 7:57 a m and land at 9:09 a m The second Kennedy opportunity calls for a deorbit burn at 9:41 a m and landing at 10:48 a m

The first landing opportunity at Edwards Air Force Base would start with a deorbit burn at 9:24 a m and culminate in a 10:38 a m landing The second opportunity would begin with a deorbit burn at 11:07 a m and result in landing at 12:17 p m

The Kennedy weather forecast is expected to improve slightly, but there is a chance that weather in the vicinity of the Shuttle Landing Facility will continue to be unfavorable The Edwards forecast is generally favorable

The next status report will be issued after landing today or at the end of the crew’s day if landing is waived off

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Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 11:38:04 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-125 MCC Status Report #27

STS-125 Report #27 Sunday, May 24, 2009 - 11:30 a m CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON – Space shuttle Atlantis and its seven-member crew landed at 10:39 a m CDT Sunday at Edwards Air Force Base in California, capping off a nearly 13-day mission to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope Atlantis’ astronauts conducted five spacewalks during their STS-125 mission to extend the life of the orbiting observatory

Mission managers waved off landing at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida this morning, the shuttle’s primary landing site Dynamic weather conditions around the Shuttle Landing Facility prevented Atlantis from attempting either of the two opportunities for Kennedy, and the shuttle was diverted to Edwards

Atlantis’ main landing gear touched down at 10:39:05 a m , followed by the nose gear at 10:39:15 a m The shuttle’s wheels stopped at 10:40:15 a m , bringing the mission’s elapsed time to 12 days, 21 hours, 37 minutes, 9 seconds Atlantis traveled 5 3 million miles during its journey

Commander Scott Altman, Pilot Gregory C Johnson and Mission Specialists Michael Good, Megan McArthur, John Grunsfeld, Andrew Feustel and Mike Massimino successfully installed two new instruments and repaired two others, bringing them back to life, replaced gyroscopes and batteries, and added new thermal insulation panels to protect the orbiting observatory The result is six working, complementary science instruments with capabilities beyond what was available and an extended operational lifespan until at least 2014

With the newly installed Wide Field Camera, Hubble will be able to observe in ultraviolet and infrared spectrums as well as visible light, peer deep onto the cosmic frontier in search of the earliest star systems and study planets in the solar system The telescope’s new Cosmic Origins Spectrograph will allow it to study the grand-scale structure of the universe, including the star-driven chemical evolution that produce carbon and the other elements necessary for life

Hubble’s greatest scientific accomplishments include determining the age of the universe – 13 7 billion years – and discovering that virtually all major galaxies have a super massive black hole

Atlantis’ crew is scheduled to return home to its Houston base on Tuesday, arriving at Ellington Field’s Hangar 990 about 4 p m The public is invited to the ceremony

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End of HSFNEWS Digest - 24 May 2009 to 25 May 2009 (#2009-57)

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