AE Alumnus Scott Altman, BS 81, commanded the May 2009 space shuttle Atlantis’ mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Space shuttle Atlantis crew, from right, commander Scott D. Altman, pilot Gregory C. Johnson, mission specialist, K. Megan McArthur, mission specialist John Grunsfeld and mission specialist Andrew Feustel, mission specialist Michael Good and mission specialist Michael Massimino, leave the Operations and Checkout building enroute to board the shuttle at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Monday, May 11, 2009. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Space shuttle Atlantis crew, from right, commander Scott D. Altman, pilot Gregory C. Johnson, mission specialist, K. Megan McArthur, mission specialist John Grunsfeld and mission specialist Andrew Feustel, mission specialist Michael Good and mission specialist Michael Massimino, leave the Operations and Checkout building enroute to board the shuttle at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Monday, May 11, 2009. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Alumnus Scott Altman, BS 81, commanded the May 2009 space shuttle Atlantis’ mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. This website,www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/05/hubbles_final_servicing_missio.html, offers some fantastic photos of the launch and the crew’s work in space.