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STS-61 Post Flight Press Con
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STS-61 POST FLIGHT PRESS CON
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1993
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STS-61 POST FLIGHT PRESS CONFERENCE JSC1394 - (1993) - 26 Minutes Commander: Richard O. Covey Pilot: Kenneth D. Bowersox Mission Specialists: Kathryn C. Thornton, Claude Nicollier, Jeffrey A. Hoffman, F. Story Musgrave, Thomas D. 'Tom' Akers Dates: December 2-12, 1993 Vehicle: Endeavour OV-105 Payloads: HST SM-01, ICBC, AMOS, and IMAX camera EVA: (Tethered) Replaced HST solar arrays, two sensing units, Wide Field/Planetary Camera II and fuses, COSTAR, magnetometer, and Solar Array Drive Electronics unit Landing site: Runway 33 at Kennedy Space Center, FL |
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1993 |
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Hubble First Servicing EVA
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Hubble First Servicing EVA |
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Astronaut F. Story Musgrave, anchored on the end of the Remote Manipulator System (RMS) arm, prepares to be elevated to the top of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) to install protective covers on the magnetometers. Astronaut Jeffrey A. Hoffman inside payload bay, assisted Musgrave with final servicing tasks on the telescope, wrapping up five days of space walks. |
| Date |
12/09/1993 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Hubble Docked with the Shutt
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Hubble Docked with the Shuttle Endeavor |
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Astronaut F. Story Musgrave, anchored on the Space Shuttle Endeavor?s robotic arm, prepares to be elevated to the top of the Hubble Space Telescope during Hubble?s first servicing mission in 1993. Astronaut Jeffrey Hoffman, inside the shuttle payload bay, assists Musgrave. Hubble?s first servicing mission replaced and repaired various instruments, but its most important task was installing technology that corrected the tiny flaw in Hubble?s main mirror that distorted the telescope?s view. Hubble was specially designed to be repaired and upgraded by astronauts while in orbit. |
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STS-61 Crew Portrait
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STS-61 Crew Portrait |
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1993-10-05 |
| Full Description |
Astronauts included in the STS-61 crew portrait include (standing in rear left to right) Richard O. Covey, commander, and mission specialists Jeffrey A. Hoffman, and Thomas D. Akers. Seated left to right are Kenneth D. Bowersox, pilot, Kathryn C. Thornton, mission specialist, F. Story Musgrave, payload commander, and Claude Nicollier, mission specialist. Launched aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavor on December 2, 1993 at 4:27:00 am (EST), the STS-61 mission was the first Hubble Space Telescope (HST) servicing mission, and the last mission of 1993. |
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STS-61 Hubble Space Telescop
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STS-61 Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Repairs |
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1993-12-02 |
| Full Description |
This is a Space Shuttle mission STS-61 onboard view showing astronauts Story Musgrave and Jeffrey Hoffman preforming repairs to the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) during their Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA). Astronauts' work was made easier by the HST's many crew aids. Astronaut Musgrave makes use of one of the spacecraft's handholds. Launched on December 1, 1993, the Space Shuttle Orbiter Endeavor STS-061 mission was the 59th Shuttle flight. |
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Repairing Hubble
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Repairing Hubble |
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The first Hubble Space Telescope [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap950810.html ] (HST) servicing mission, STS-61, was one of the most complicated shuttle missions [ http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/technology/ sts-newsref/stsref-toc.html ] ever planned. Launched on December 2, 1993 in the Space Shuttle Endeavor [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap950807.html ], the astronauts were required to make 5 space walks to repair the HST. Astronaut F. Story Musgrave [ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/musgrave.html ], 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.gov/history/history.html ] 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/pubinfo/PR.html ]. A future HST servicing mission is planned for 1997. |
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Orbiting Repairmen
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Orbiting Repairmen |
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In December of 1993 astronauts Story Musgrave [ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/musgrave.html ] and Jeffrey Hoffman [ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/hoffman.html ] performed the orbiting repairmans' ballet 400 miles above the Earth. They are seen in this photo perched at the end of the Space Shuttle Endeavour [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap950807.html ]'s robotic arm making final repairs to the four story tall Hubble Space Telescope [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap950810.html ]. The coast line of western Australia is visible below. The complex and highly successful repair mission [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap951116.html ] allowed HST to see into the Universe with unprecedented clarity. |
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STS-61 crewmembers in the WE
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STS-61 crewmembers in the WETF rehearsing for HST repair mission |
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Wearing a training version of Space Shuttle Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU), Astronaut Kathryn C. Thornton uses the giant pool of JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) to rehearse for the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) repair mission. Standing on a mobile foot restraint connected to the Shuttle's robot arm, Thornton grasps a large structure which attaches to the Wide Field/Planetary Camera (WF/PC). A SCUBA-equipped diver can be seen in the background (33101), Astronaut Thomas D. Akers uses the giant pool of JSC's WETF to rehearse for the HST repair mission. Standing on a mobile foot restraint connected to the Shuttle's robot arm, Akers works with a full-scale training version of the WF/PC. Several SCUBA-equipped divers assist in the rehearsal (33102), Astronauts F. Story Musgrave and Jeffrey A. Hoffman, in training versions of the EMU, use the WETF to rehearse for the HST repair mission. The two are working with a full-scale training version of the Wide Field/Planetary |
| Date |
05.05.1993 |
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STS-61 crewmembers in the WE
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STS-61 crewmembers in the WETF rehearsing for HST repair mission |
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Wearing a training version of Space Shuttle Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU), Astronaut Kathryn C. Thornton uses the giant pool of JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) to rehearse for the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) repair mission. Standing on a mobile foot restraint connected to the Shuttle's robot arm, Thornton grasps a large structure which attaches to the Wide Field/Planetary Camera (WF/PC). A SCUBA-equipped diver can be seen in the background (33101), Astronaut Thomas D. Akers uses the giant pool of JSC's WETF to rehearse for the HST repair mission. Standing on a mobile foot restraint connected to the Shuttle's robot arm, Akers works with a full-scale training version of the WF/PC. Several SCUBA-equipped divers assist in the rehearsal (33102), Astronauts F. Story Musgrave and Jeffrey A. Hoffman, in training versions of the EMU, use the WETF to rehearse for the HST repair mission. The two are working with a full-scale training version of the Wide Field/Planetary |
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05.05.1993 |
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Astronauts Hoffman and Musgr
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Astronauts Hoffman and Musgrave monitor Neutral Buoyancy Simulator training |
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Astronauts Jeffrey A. Hoffman (far left) and F. Story Musgrave (second left) monitor a training session from consoles in the control room for the Neutral Buoyancy Simulator (NBS) at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). Seen underwater in the NBS on the big screen and the monitors at the consoles is astronaut Thomas D. Akers. The three mission specialists, along with astronaut Kathryn C. Thornton, are scheduled to be involved in a total of five sessions of extravehicular activity (EVA) to service the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in orbit during the STS-61 mission, scheduled for December 1993. |
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1993-12-02 |
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