<![CDATA[io9: space shuttle atlantis]]> http://tags.lifehacker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: space shuttle atlantis]]> http://io9.com/tag/spaceshuttleatlantis http://io9.com/tag/spaceshuttleatlantis <![CDATA[Imagine The Call-Out Charge For This Repairman]]> After thirteen days in space, the crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis successfully repaired the Hubble Space Telescope and ensured its usefulness for the next five years - and, in the process, made menial technical work look more exciting than usual. Here're some examples of spacesuits making everything look better.

The images come from New Scientist's gallery of mission images. You can find more here.

[New Scientist]

]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5274739&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Is NASA Acting Out Danny Boyle's Sunshine For Real?]]> Award-winning space photographer Thierry Legault traveled to Florida to take this picture of the Space Shuttle Atlantis passing in front of the sun. And click through to see Atlantis and Hubble meeting in the sunshine.

[via Spaceweather]

]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5256455&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Watch Atlantis Rendezvous With Hubble - Live Feed, Right Now!]]> It's live on NASA TV right now . . . Atlantis will rendezvous with Hubble in about 20 minutes. (via NASA TV)

]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5252472&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Accidental Space Station Art]]> Fragile little guys in their gym clothes dangle just above the curve of the Earth in this computer illustration of the Columbus laboratory module. Space Shuttle Atlantis will install this module on the International Space Station soon after tomorrow's launch. Image by ESA/AP.

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