Friday, April 17, 2009

THREE AWESOME VIEWS...for one last time. That's assuming, of course, there isn't another piece of equipment failure onboard the Hubble Space Telescope before Atlantis launches for the orbiting observatory on May 12. Click here to see images from last year's twin shuttle-viewing opportunity.

Space shuttle Endeavour (left) joins her sister Atlantis (right) at Launch Complex 39, on April 17, 2009.

Space shuttle Endeavour (background) joins her sister Atlantis (foreground) at Launch Complex 39, on April 17, 2009.

Space shuttle Endeavour (background) joins her sister Atlantis (foreground) at Launch Complex 39, on April 17, 2009.
Photos courtesy of NASA / Dimitri Gerondidakis & Kim Shiflett