Thursday, June 25, 2009

Hubble astronauts visit Stennis

STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. - Astronauts from the STS-125 mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope shared accounts of their mission during a visit Wednesday to the StenniSphere, the visitor center at John C. Stennis Space Center. The crewmembers thanked Stennis employees for their contributions to the mission. The astronauts spent five days conducting five spacewalks to provide upgrades to the telescope as part of their 14-day mission aboard space shuttle Atlantis. (Source: NASA, 06/24/09)