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STS-82

Launched: February 11, 1997 3:55:17 a.m. EST

Landing: February 21, 1997, 3:32 a.m. EST, Kennedy Space Center, Florida

Space Shuttle: Discovery

Crew: Commander Kenneth D. Bowersox, Pilot Scott J. Horowitz, Mission Specialists Mark C. Lee, Steven A.Hawley, Gregory J. Harbaugh, Steven L. Smith and Joseph R. Tanner.

 

STS-82 demonstrated anew the capability of the space shuttle to service orbiting spacecraft as well as the benefits of human spaceflight. A six-member crew completed servicing and upgrading of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) during four planned extravehicular activities (EVAs) and then performed a fifth unscheduled spacewalk to repair insulation on the telescope.

 

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Credit: NASA

Image Number: sts082-s-001

Date: August 1996

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