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NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection
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NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection
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Name of Image:
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Astronaut Anna Fisher Suits Up for NBS Training
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Astronaut Anna Fisher Suits Up for NBS Training
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The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a cooperative program of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA) to operate a long-lived space-based observatory. It was the flagship mission of NASA's Great Observatories program. The HST program began as an astronomical dream in the 1940s. During the 1970s and 1980s, the HST was finally designed and built becoming operational in the 1990s. The HST was deployed into a low-Earth orbit on April 25, 1990 from the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-31). The design of the HST took into consideration its length of service and the necessity of repairs and equipment replacement by making the body modular. In doing so, subsequent shuttle missions could recover the HST, replace faulty or obsolete parts and be re-released. Marshall Space Flight Center?s (MSFC's) Neutral Buoyancy Simulator (NBS) served as the test center for shuttle astronauts training for Hubble related missions. Shown is astronaut Anna Fisher suiting up for training on a mockup of a modular section of the HST for an axial scientific instrument change out.
Full_Description
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a cooperative program of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA) to operate a long-lived space-based observatory. It was the flagship mission of NASA's Great Observatories program. The HST program began as an astronomical dream in the 1940s. During the 1970s and 1980s, the HST was finally designed and built becoming operational in the 1990s. The HST was deployed into a low-Earth orbit on April 25, 1990 from the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-31). The design of the HST took into consideration its length of service and the necessity of repairs and equipment replacement by making the body modular. In doing so, subsequent shuttle missions could recover the HST, replace faulty or obsolete parts and be re-released. Marshall Space Flight Center?s (MSFC's) Neutral Buoyancy Simulator (NBS) served as the test center for shuttle astronauts training for Hubble related missions. Shown is astronaut Anna Fisher suiting up for training on a mockup of a modular section of the HST for an axial scientific instrument change out.
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Date of Image:
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1980-05-08
Date_of_Image
1980-05-08
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Category:
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History of Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
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History of Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
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term:
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Hubble Space Telescope
Keywords
Hubble Space Telescope
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HST
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Neutral Buoyancy Simulator
Keywords
Neutral Buoyancy Simulator
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term:
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NBS
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Training
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Fisher
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facet_who:
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Anna Fisher
facet_who
Anna Fisher
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facet_what:
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Earth
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Earth
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facet_what:
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Space Shuttle Orbiter
facet_what
Space Shuttle Orbiter
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facet_what:
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Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
facet_what
Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
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facet_where:
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Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
facet_where
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
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facet_when:
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April 25, 1990
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April 25, 1990
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facet_when_year:
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1990
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1990
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Reference Number:
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MSFC-75-SA-4105-2C
Reference_Number
MSFC-75-SA-4105-2C
Reference Number
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MIX #:
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8004552
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NIX #:
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MSFC-8004552
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MSFC Negative Number:
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8004552
MSFC_Negative_Number
8004552
MSFC Negative Number
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UID:
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SPD-MARSH-8004552
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SPD-MARSH-8004552
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