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Space Shuttle Projects
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Space Shuttle Projects

NASA / MSFC · 2002-03-03 · photograph (digital archive)

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The Hubble Space Telescope (HST), with its normal routine temporarily interrupted, is about to be captured by the Space Shuttle Columbia prior to a week of servicing and upgrading by the STS-109 crew. The telescope was captured by the shuttle's Remote Manipulator System (RMS) robotic arm and secured on a work stand in Columbia's payload bay where 4 of the 7-member crew performed 5 space walks completing system upgrades to the HST.

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STS-109Hubble Space TelescopeHST
Credit lineSpace Shuttle Projects. NASA/MSFC, 2002-03-03. Public domain. ID: 0302435.
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