Atlantis Lands at Edwards AFB to Conclude Hubble Space Telescope Mission https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/79f9447a-9c7c-4ba3-9eaa-c5512d45af0e This 1-minute, 7-second video shows Space Shuttle Atlantis landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California's Mojave Desert at the conclusion of NASA's STS-125 mission to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. Atlantis’ astronauts repaired and upgraded the Hubble Space Telescope, conducting five spacewalks during their mission to extend the life of the orbiting observatory. They successfully installed two new instruments and repaired two others, bringing them back to life, replaced gyroscopes and batteries, and added new thermal insulation panels to protect the orbiting observatory. The result is six working, complementary science instruments with capabilities beyond what was available and an extended operational lifespan until at least 2014. With the newly installed Wide-Field Camera, Hubble will be able to observe in ultraviolet and infrared spectrums as well as visible light, peer deep onto the cosmic frontier in search of the earliest star systems and study planets in the solar system. The telescope’s new Cosmic Origins Spectrograph will allow it to study the grand-scale structure of the universe, including the star-driven chemical evolution that produce carbon and the other elements necessary for life. To learn more about STS-125 visit: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts125/main/index.html To learn more about the Space Shuttles and Dryden Flight Research Center visit: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-015-DFRC.html Mirrored from YouTube: https://youtu.be/4gyUEp0nrII Original channel: NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center Wed, 15 Jul 2026 08:36:50 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us Atlantis Lands at Edwards AFB to Conclude Hubble Space Telescope Mission https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/ec5edb1e-3795-4978-be4f-c67e98fbc992.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/79f9447a-9c7c-4ba3-9eaa-c5512d45af0e All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.