This week in 2009, the space shuttle Atlantis, mission STS-125, launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on the fifth and final Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission. During the mission, astronauts successfully installed two new instruments and repaired two others, replaced gyroscopes and batteries, and added new thermal insulation panels to protect the orbiting observatory. NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center was responsible for the overall design, development and construction of the observatory. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating and preserving NASA’s remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological and scientific aspects of NASA’s activities in aeronautics and space. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA’s history, visit the Marshall History Program’s webpage. (NASA)