Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Repairing Hubble
Explanation:
The first Hubble Space Telescope [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] (HST) servicing mission, STS-61, was one of the most complicated shuttle missions [ http://www.ksc.nasa…sts-newsref/stsref-t oc.html ] ever planned. Launched on December 2, 1993 in the Space Shuttle Endeavor [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], the astronauts were required to make 5 space walks to repair the HST. Astronaut F. Story Musgrave [ http://www.jsc.nasa…], holding one of the handrails on the HST, is seen here during what became the second longest space walk in NASA history [ http://www.ksc.nasa…] at just under 8 hours. The highly successful mission demonstrated the ability of shuttle astronauts to repair satellites in orbit and allowed the HST to continue to explore the Universe [ http://stsci.edu/pu…]. A future HST servicing mission is planned for 1997.
Credit and Copyright:
NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/], STS-61 Crew [ http://www.ksc.nasa…sts-61/mission-sts-6 1.html ].
facet_who:
Story Musgrave
facet_when:
December 2, 1993
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where:
Johnson Space Center (JSC)
facet_what:
Space Shuttle Orbiter
facet_what:
Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
facet_when_year:
1993
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap951116

Repairing Hubble
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