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Final Hubble Shuttle Mission to Launch Oct. 8
By The Associated Press
posted: 22 May 2008
11:17 pm ET
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -
NASA's final visit to the Hubble Space Telescope is now set for Oct. 8.
Atlantis and a crew of
seven were supposed to fly to Hubble at the end of August, but the mission
was delayed because of extra time needed to build the shuttle fuel tanks
required for the flight and a potential rescue mission.
NASA on Thursday set the new
launch date for Atlantis, and also pushed back space shuttle Endeavour's supply
mission to the international space station from Oct. 16 to Nov. 10.
The Atlantis crew will repair
and upgrade the 18-year-old Hubble telescope. Under the Hubble mission
plan, NASA needs a second shuttle waiting to launch at Kennedy Space Center in
case of an emergency.
The space shuttle Discovery
is set
to launch May 31 to deliver and install Japan's massive lab, Kibo, at the
space station.
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