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NASA, STS-125: fifth and last spacewalk completed

Cape Canaveral, USA - The cosmonauts sent a message of trust in human capabilities

Mission specialists John Grunsfeld and Drew Feustel yesterday at 3:22 pm EDT completed the fifth and last scheduled spacewalk for space shuttle Atlantis's mission STS-125, with the aim to upgrade and repair Hubble space telescope to extend its lifetime until 2014. The two cosmonauts completed all the required tasks (for further information see AVIONEWS) in 7 hours and two minutes. "This is a...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1104677
Rome, Italy, 05/19/2009 15:00
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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