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Shuttle blasts off to fix Hubble

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The space shuttle Atlantis has blasted off on an ambitious and risky mission to fix the Hubble Space Telescope.

Atlantis ducked through clouds as it roared up at 1901 BST (1401 EDT) from Florida's Kennedy Space Center.

Mission managers have packaged a complex series of repairs and upgrades into five challenging spacewalks
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8044041.stm
 

Hot Mega

I'm too lazy to set a usertitle.
Every time I see a successful Shuttle launch or re-entry...I find myself thinking, "U-S-A, U-S-A, U-S-A!"
 

tiger1977

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Every time I see a successful Shuttle launch or re-entry...I find myself thinking, "U-S-A, U-S-A, U-S-A!"

I find myself thinking/hoping: "Not another Challenger 7 please"
 

afsd42

Please don't ban me!
I love looking at the pics from the hubble so I am definitely looking forward to seeing how the next batch will look. Hooray for astronomy.
 
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