Space shuttle Atlantis launched minutes ago into a bright blue Florida sky on its way to the Hubble Space Telescope.
The Hubble repair mission plans five space walks as astronauts upgrade Hubble's technology to make its images several times more detailed than they've ever been. That would be an extraordinary boon to science. Scientists hope this mission will give Hubble five more years of useful service.
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