STS-125
The last Space Shuttle mission to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope.
Hubble set free
Image: NASA
The crew of Space Shuttle Atlantis caught Hubble, installed new cameras and instruments during five spacewalks, and set it free again for many more years of science.
Key facts
- Type
- Space Shuttle servicing mission
- Launch
- 11 May 2009
- Shuttle
- Atlantis