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The Hubble Space Telescope was released into orbit Tuesday.

Space shuttle Atlantis crew member Megan McArthur used the shuttle's robotic arm to release the telescope at 8:57 a.m. ET.

"With soft separation burn, Atlantis now is slowly backing away from the telescope," NASA said in a statement. Read full article »

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