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STS-31 Hubble Space Telescope (HST) solar array panel deploy aboard OV-103
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STS-31 Hubble Space Telescope (HST) solar array panel deploy aboard OV-103

NASA / JSC · 1990-04-25 · photograph (digital archive)

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Held in appendage deploy position by Discovery's, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103's, remote manipulator system (RMS), the Hubble Space Telescope's (HST's) starboard solar array (SA) bistem cassette is released from its stowed position on the Support System Module (SSM) forward shell. The spreader bar & bistem begin to unfurl the SA wing. View was taken by an STS-31 crewmember through an overhead window & is backdropped against the surface of the Earth.

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ANTENNASDISCOVERY (ORBITER)EARTH LIMBEARTH SURFACESOLAR ARRAYSHUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPESTS-31 REMOTE MANIPULATOR SYSTEM
Credit lineSTS-31 Hubble Space Telescope (HST) solar array panel deploy aboard OV-103. NASA/JSC, 1990-04-25. Public domain. ID: s31-10-035.
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