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Space Shuttle Atlantis with Hubble


Date: 01 April 2009
Satellite: Hubble Space Telescope
Depicts: Servicing Mission 4
Copyright: ESA/Luis Calçada and NASA

This artist's concept shows the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope aboard the space shuttle Atlantis. In the background is one of the most impressive massive young star clusters in the Milky Way - the spectacular star-forming region NGC 3603 - as imaged by Hubble. This image was produced in anticipation of the launch of STS-125, the fifth and final servicing mission to Hubble.

Last Update: 1 September 2019
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