Hubble Servicing Crew to Hold News Conference From Space

HOUSTON, May 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The seven astronauts aboard space
shuttle Atlantis will hold a news conference at 9:26 a.m. CDT on Wednesday,
May 20, to discuss their mission to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Reporters may ask questions from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston,
Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt,
Md., and NASA Headquarters in Washington.

To participate in the news conference, U.S. journalists must call the public
affairs office at one of the NASA centers listed above by 1 p.m. Tuesday.
Media representatives must be present at participating locations at least 20
minutes prior to the start of the news conference. NASA Television will
provide live coverage of the 40-minute event. For NASA TV downlink, schedule
and streaming video information, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

During Atlantis' STS-125 mission, the crew has completed work to improve
Hubble's view of the universe with the addition of two new science
instruments, the repair of two others and the replacement of other hardware
that will extend the telescope's life at least through 2014.

For more information about the STS-125 mission and its crew, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle

For more information about the Hubble Space Telescope, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/hubble

SOURCE NASA

Katherine Trinidad of NASA Headquarters, Washington, +1-202-358-1100,
katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov; or James Hartsfield of NASA Johnson Space Center,
Houston, +1-281-483-5111, james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov