PILOT OF FINAL SHUTTLE MISSION TO HUBBLE SET FOR SATELLITE INTERVIEWS

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http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/apr/HQ_M09-060.html
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PILOT OF FINAL SHUTTLE MISSION TO HUBBLE SET FOR SATELLITE INTERVIEWS

HOUSTON -- NASA astronaut Gregory C. Johnson, a native of Seattle, will be available for live interviews via satellite from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. CDT on Tuesday, April 21. Johnson will make his first trip into space as the pilot of space shuttle Atlantis during STS-125, the final servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. Launch is targeted for May 12 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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We are finally getting going up to service the Hubble Telescope for the last time.
Later we should launch the Webb telescope.
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http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Apr142009/snt20090413129971.asp
Time to bid adieu to Hubble
The Guardian
The Hubble telescope has expanded our vision of the universe. Soon its replacement will unleash a torrent of new discoveries, writes Inayat Bunglawala
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Hope there will be money for both.
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http://www.jwst.nasa.gov/
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large, infrared-optimized space telescope, scheduled for launch in 2013. JWST will find the first galaxies that formed in the early Universe, connecting the Big Bang to our own Milky Way Galaxy. JWST will peer through dusty clouds to see stars forming planetary systems, connecting the Milky Way to our own Solar System. JWST's instruments will be designed to work primarily in the infrared range of the electromagnetic spectrum, with some capability in the visible range.
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Thanks for looking up with me.

Larry Kellogg

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http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/apr/HQ_M09-060.html
April 15, 2009

Michael Curie
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
michael.curie@nasa.gov

James Hartsfield
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov
MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-060

PILOT OF FINAL SHUTTLE MISSION TO HUBBLE SET FOR SATELLITE INTERVIEWS

HOUSTON -- NASA astronaut Gregory C. Johnson, a native of Seattle, will be available for live interviews via satellite from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. CDT on Tuesday, April 21. Johnson will make his first trip into space as the pilot of space shuttle Atlantis during STS-125, the final servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. Launch is targeted for May 12 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

To schedule interviews, reporters should contact NASA's Johnson Space Center newsroom at 281-483-5111 by noon Monday, April 20.

The 11-day flight will include five spacewalks on consecutive days to make repairs and upgrades to the telescope. Johnson will help guide the spacewalkers from inside the shuttle. Atlantis' astronauts will be the last humans to see the Hubble telescope in person.

Johnson was selected by NASA as an astronaut candidate in 1998. He has served in various agency roles, including manager of launch integration for the Space Shuttle Program at Kennedy.

Along with Johnson, the crew members of Atlantis are Commander Scott Altman and Mission Specialists Andrew Feustel, Michael Good, John Grunsfeld, Mike Massimino and Megan McArthur.

For Johnson's complete biography, visit:
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/johnson-gc.html
For information about the STS-125 mission and its crew, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle
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http://hubble.nasa.gov/

Named after the trailblazing astronomer Edwin P. Hubble (1889-1953), the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a large, space-based observatory which has revolutionized astronomy by providing unprecedented deep and clear views of the Universe, ranging from our own solar system to extremely remote fledgling galaxies forming not long after the Big Bang 13.7 billion years ago.

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http://www.floridatoday.com/content/blogs/space/2009/04/nasa-preps-rescue-shuttle-for-friday.shtml
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
NASA Preps Rescue Shuttle For Friday Rollout

NASA aims to roll shuttle Endeavour out to launch pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center this week, a move that will set the stage to launch -- if need be -- a mission to rescue a Hubble Space Telescope servicing crew.

Now stacked in High Bay No. 1 of the landmark Vehicle Assembly Building, Endeavour is slated to start a 4.2-mile move out to the pad at 12:01 a.m. Friday.

A giant tracked transporter originally built for the Apollo moon-landing project will haul Endeavour down a river-rock crawlerway that stretches between the assembly building and the pad.

With the transporter crawling at less than one mile per hour, the trip is expected to take six to eight hours to complete.

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http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/

NewsCenter is the complete collection of every Hubble Space Telescope news release and its supporting materials, along with tools and resources designed to further your knowledge of astronomy.

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Tiny URL for Google search of Hubble Images
*http://tinyurl.com/cyhcet

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WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK

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