AIR & SPACE MAGAZINE Shuttle and Hubble A dancing duo in solar silhouette. Photo: NASA/Thierry Legault May 26, 2009 The NASA space shuttle Atlantis and the Hubble Space Telescope are seen in silhouette, side by side in this solar transit image made at 12:17p.m. EDT, Wednesday, May 13, 2009, from west of Vero Beach, Florida. The two spaceships were at an altitude of 600 km and they zipped across the sun in only 0.8 seconds. Photo Credit: (NASA/Thierry Legault) NASA Get the latest stories in your inbox every weekday.