Using the shuttle's robotic arm STS-125 Mission Specialist Megan
McArthur grappled the Hubble Space Telescope at 12:14 p.m. CDT
Wednesday. McArthur then maneuvered the telescope onto a Flight
Support System maintenance platform in Atlantis’ payload bay.
The stage is set for five spacewalks in as many days to repair and
update instruments, extending Hubble's lifespan through 2014.
DARPA has kicked off the Vulcan program with awards to four
contractors. The four contractors participating in the eight-month
first phase are: Alliant TechSystems, General Electric, Rolls Royce
and United Technologies.
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