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NASA Gives Atlantis Crew Go Ahead for Hubble Rescue

Oft-delayed mission set to launch tomorrow

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(Newser) – NASA has declared space shuttle Atlantis' crew fit to fly, and weather permitting, the much-delayed 11-day mission to fix the Hubble Space Telescope will take off tomorrow, reports Space.com. Endeavour is standing by just in case Atlantis itself needs rescuing. The mission includes five spacewalks and lots of tinkering with Hubble, in hopes of extending the 19-year-old satellite's life to 2014.

A wild pig grazes in the grass near the space shuttle Atlantis Saturday May 9, 2009 at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
A wild pig grazes in the grass near the space shuttle Atlantis Saturday May 9, 2009 at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.   (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
STS-125 Commander Scott Altman smiles at photographers as he arrives for a flight in the Shuttle Training Aircraft Saturday May 9, 2009.
STS-125 Commander Scott Altman smiles at photographers as he arrives for a flight in the Shuttle Training Aircraft Saturday May 9, 2009.   (AP Photo/Terry Renna)
In this March 31, 2009 file photo, space shuttle Atlantis sits on the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
In this March 31, 2009 file photo, space shuttle Atlantis sits on the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.   (AP Photo/Peter Cosgrove, File)
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