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KSC-02PD-0211
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - During suitup, STS-109 Mission Specialist James H. Newman gives a thumbs up for launch. Liftoff of Space Shuttle Columbia is scheduled for 6:22 a.m. EST March 1. On mission STS-109, the crew will capture the Hubble Space Telescope using the Shuttle's robotic arm and secure it on a workstand in Columbia's payload bay. Four mission specialists will perform five scheduled spacewalks to complete system upgrades to the telescope.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineKSC-02PD-0211. NASA/KSC, 2002-03-01. Public domain. ID: 02pd0211.
