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STS-125 Atlantis Liftoff 02
Taken on 11 May 2009
- Classification
- Photograph
- Museum
- Wikimedia Commons
- Credit line
- https://images.nasa.gov/details/KSC-2009-3108 http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=41220 on the Wayback Machine at the Wayback Machine
- Rights
- Public domain, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Kids profiles and older: it shows nature, places, still life or a children's book. How works are placed
About this work
Original caption from Nasa: "CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Sandwiched by billowing clouds above and smoke and steam clouds below, space shuttle Atlantis hurtles past the lightning mast on top of the fixed service structure on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Atlantis will rendezvous with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope on the STS-125 service mission. Liftoff was on-time at 2:01 p.m. EDT. Atlantis' 11-day flight will include five spacewalks to refurbish and upgrade the telescope with state-of-the-art science instruments that will expand Hubble's capabilities and extend its operational lifespan through at least 2014. The payload includes a Wide Field Camera 3, Fine Guidance Sensor and the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph."
