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Mission Objectives: Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission (HST SM4). The fifth and final mission to extend the telescopes operational life into the next decade.
Milestones: Feb 7, 2008 Atlantis lands at KSC Shuttle Landing Facility completing STS-122, And was moved to Orbiter Processing Facility Aug 3 The External Tank and SRBs were attached in High Bay 3, VAB Aug 22 Atlantis is moved from the OPF to the VAB Aug 23 Atlantis is mated to the ET and SRBs Sep 4 STS-125 stack is moved to Pad 39A for an October launch Oct 20 STS-125 stack is returned to VAB Nov 11 Atlantis is de-mated from ET and SRBs and returned to the OPF Jan 15 2009 New ET is mated to SRBs for STS-125 23 Mar Atlantis is moved from OPF to VAB 24 Mar Atlantis is mated to ET/SRBs 31 Mar Atlantis is moved back to LC39A 11 May STS-125 is launched from Pad 39A
Flight Crew: Seven person NASA Shuttle flight crew working a single shift system. Flight Deck Crew: Altman (Cdr), Johnson (Plt), McArthur (FE/RMS) EVA Crew: Grunsfeld (EV1), Feustel (EV2), Massimino (EV3) and Good (EV4)
Back Up Crew: None though Endeavour OV-105 was on standby if required as STS-400 (referred to as Launch On Need (LON) ). A four person crew was formed from the flight deck crew of STS-126: Cdr Chris Ferguson, Pilot Eric Boe (RMS operator), MS1 Shane Kimbrough, and MS2/FE Steve Bowen.
EVAs: 5 planned 5 completed TOTAL TIME 36 hours 56 minutes.
EVA1 - 14th May, 7hr 20 mins (Grunsfeld EV1 and Feustel EV2)
EVA2 - 15th May, 7hr 56 mins (Massimino EV3 and Good EV4)
EVA3 - 16th May, 6hr 36 mins (Grunsfeld and Feustel)
EVA4 - 17th May, 8hrs 02 mins (Massimini and Good)
EVA5 - 18th May, 7hr 02 mins (Grunsfeld and Feustel)
Flight Duration: 12 days 21 hours 38 minutes 19 second (to wheel stop)
Distance Travelled: 5.276 million miles or 197 orbits
Orbital Data: 342 miles altitude (orbital insertion); 350 miles rendezvous altitude; inclined at 28.5 degrees
Landing: May 24, 2009
Landing Site: Runway 22, Edwards AFB, California
Crew Position: Name Mission Commander Scott Altman, 49 4th Pilot Gregory C. Johnson, 54 1st Mission Specialist 1 Michael Good, 49 1st Mission Specialist 2 Megan McArthur, 37 1st Mission Specialist 3 John M. Grunsfeld, 49 5th Mission Specialist 4 Michael Massimino, 46 2nd Mission Specialist 5 Andrew Feustel, 43, 1st
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