NASA Acting Administrator Christopher Scolese watches the launch of space shuttle Atlantis is the final shuttle flight to NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.

NASA Acting Administrator Christopher Scolese watches the launch of space shuttle Atlantis and the STS-125 crew from firing room #4 of the NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Control Center, Monday, May 11, 2009, at Cape Canaveral, Fla. Space shuttle Atlantis’ 11-day mission is the final shuttle flight to NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. The seven-member crew will enhance the observatory to ensure cutting-edge science. Photo credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls