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the astronauts of sts-125 could not wait

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to begin their mission and it showed as

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they walk to the astro van on May

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eleventh 2009 and headed to launch pad

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39a at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in

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Florida Scott Altman a veteran astronaut

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would command a team of seven on the

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last mission to service and upgrade

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nasa's hubble space telescope the

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telescope is the cornerstone of

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discovery for the agency and the

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astronauts know its importance Kennedy

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pound said to do the other thing that

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because it was easy but because it was

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hard Thank You cooter and enjoy the ride

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pal the on-time launch took advantage of

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a flawless day of sunny weather at

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liftoff of space shuttle visible to

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enhance the vision of Hubble

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this Rancher of our universe is the now

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controlling Atlantis on its way

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the astronauts quickly began setting up

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space shuttle Atlantis for its work

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ahead very reason why you have

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sunglasses on in the mid deck where

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there's no lights Mina nope no son as my

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man with Altman at the controls of

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Atlantis Megan MacArthur piloted the

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shuttle's robotic arm to grab the

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waiting Hubble Space Telescope and stand

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it inside the cargo bay has arrived on

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board Atlanta would be on the capture of

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Hubble set the stage for five spacewalks

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or EV a's by four astronauts astronauts

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john grunsfeld and drew Feustel

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performed the first spacewalk Hubble

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pulled a surprise early with a bulb

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refusing to turn to release a grounding

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strap astronaut foist I'll switch tools

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think I got it occurred there definitely

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Kirk returned and it's turning evil evil

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okay and Lana's Houston 3d we copied and

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saw that that's great news the bolts

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release allowed foist ol and Grunsfeld

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to replace the wide field camera to with

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a more advanced model it was like giving

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Hubble a better set of eyes for its next

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generation of observations the spacewalk

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gave Hubble a new camera and fine

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guidance sensors just as planned the

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astronauts took out another older unit

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known as co-star which was placed inside

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aberration on the main mirror modern

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instruments no longer need the

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corrective device in its place

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astronauts installed the cosmic origins

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spectrograph again enhancing Hubble's

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vision by giving it a new way to observe

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the formation of elements essential for

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life such as carbon and iron

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spacewalkers used newly developed tools

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to replace parts inside Hubble that were

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not intended to be replaced in orbit

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such as electrical cards

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third one is out I heard that I can take

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them while the spacewalkers worked

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outside the team inside the shuttle

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watched carefully moving the arm

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steering Atlantis and coordinating the

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extensive list of tasks with their

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servicing work complete Grunsfeld and

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astronomer before becoming an astronaut

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about Connecticut prep for dalits after

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preliminary testing from Earth showed

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the new instruments working well megan

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macarthur released hubble to fly by

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itself again a guy second ring which is

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an auto three two one release Hubble is

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expected to operate for many more years

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continuing to cast its gaze on the

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farthest objects in the universe and

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also pinpoint newly discovered planets

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outside our solar system along the way

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the astronauts on the other hand turn

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their gazes back to earth and a spell of

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wet weather in Florida that forced