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Atlantis blasts off on Hubble mission

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The Nasa space shuttle Atlantis has launched from in Florida on an 11-day repair mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.

The seven-strong crew will perform five spacewalks to install, repair and replace instruments on the telescope.

Fiona Trott reports.

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