Stock Photo - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A camera near Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida captures the liftoff of space shuttle Atlantis on the STS-125 mission to service NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Liftoff was on time at 2:01 p.m. EDT. Atlantis' 11-day flight will include five spacewalks to refurbish and upgrade the telescope with state-of-the-art science instruments that will expand Hubble's capabilities and extend its operational lifespan through at least 2014. The payload includes a Wide Field Camera 3, fine guidance sensor and the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph.Sandra Joseph-Kevin O'Connell

Stock Photo: CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A camera near Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida captures the liftoff of space shuttle Atlantis on the STS-125.

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