CAPE CANAVERAL – Shuttle Atlantis is racing after the Hubble Space Telescope a day after taking off on a daring repair mission.
Yesterday, the seven astronauts were due to spend the entire day inspecting virtually every inch of the shuttle for any launch damage. They surveyed the thermal shielding on their crew cabin on Monday evening.
This final trip to Hubble is especially dangerous because of all the space junk in the telescope’s 350-mile-high orbit. Atlantis seems to have come through its launch fairly well, at least. But the analysis is continuing.
Another shuttle, Endeavour, is at the launch pad and could take off in three to six days if the astronauts had to be rescued.
Atlantis will catch up to Hubble today. – Nampa-AP
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