LIVE: STS-125 Flight Day 9 - HST Release, Late Inspections

• #100 by jcm on 19 May, 2009 13:05
• Quote from: Chris Bergin on 19 May, 2009 12:47

  Looks a bit like how I want my home office to be kitted out
  

  
  That *is* how my home office is kitted out :-)
• #101 by shaula1247 on 19 May, 2009 13:06
• Quote from: MarsMethanogen on 19 May, 2009 13:03

  Would that be an R-bar sep manuver?
  

  Don't believe so.  See image on big screen at right

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• #102 by Kel on 19 May, 2009 13:07
• KU to radar mode to track HST, now about 410 feet away
• #103 by NavySpaceFan on 19 May, 2009 13:07
• Ku antenna to radar mode, so no TV for a while.
• #104 by Kel on 19 May, 2009 13:07
• Final sep burn in 21 minutes

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• #105 by haywoodfloyd on 19 May, 2009 13:08
• Great job all those involved at NSF.
  A very exciting mission indeed!
  
• #106 by shaula1247 on 19 May, 2009 13:10

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• #107 by robertross on 19 May, 2009 13:11
• Farewell Hubble. May we see great things from you again. 
• #108 by shaula1247 on 19 May, 2009 13:16
• 700 feet separation

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• #109 by EirikV on 19 May, 2009 13:17
• May you continue to inspire and explore for many years to come,
  
  Godspeed Hubble.
• #110 by Kel on 19 May, 2009 13:22
• Final sep burn in about 5 minutes

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• #111 by Kel on 19 May, 2009 13:24
• Photo time at Goddard

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• #112 by shaula1247 on 19 May, 2009 13:25
• Payload interrogator is now off.  Hubble no longer communicating through the shuttle
• #113 by Kel on 19 May, 2009 13:25
• Atlantis approaching R bar - burn in 4 min
• #114 by Chris Bergin on 19 May, 2009 13:25
• 880 feet separation.
• #115 by Lawntonlookirs on 19 May, 2009 13:27
• Thanks to all that provided great coverage of the repairs to Hubble.  Although humans may never see him up close again, we will all be inspired by the knowledge an pictures he will give us for the next several years.  I for one, and I am sure everyone that has followed this mission will look at the future pictures from Hubble in a different way, kind of up close and personal.
• #116 by Kel on 19 May, 2009 13:29
• SEP burn complete
  
  5.9 ft/sec

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• #117 by Chris Bergin on 19 May, 2009 13:31
• Picking up some sep now! She's skipping down the R-Bar
• #118 by Kel on 19 May, 2009 13:32
• Looking forward to downlinks (photos and video) from the crew!
• #119 by shaula1247 on 19 May, 2009 13:35
• Must be a song there somewhere...  Tip toe down the R bar with me