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STS-109

Launched: March 1, 2002, 6:22 a.m. EST

Landing: March 12, 2002, 4:33:05 a.m. EST, Kennedy Space Center, Florida

Space Shuttle: Columbia

Crew: Commander Scott D. Altman, Pilot Duane G. Carey, Payload Commander John M. Grunsfeld, Mission Specialists Nancy J. Currie, James H. Newman, Richard M. Linnehan and Michael J. Massimino.

 

STS-109 was a Hubble Space Telescope Servicing mission. After grasping the telescope and pulling it into the payload bay, the spacewalkers, assisted by Mission Specialist Nancy Jane Currie operating the shuttle's robotic arm, installed new and improved equipment that gave the telescope more power, a new module to dispense the power, and a cameral able to see twice as much area, with more speed and clarity. They also installed an experimental cooling system in hope of restoring life to the Near-Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer.

 

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Credit: NASA

Image Number: sts109-s-001

Date: August 2001

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