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Hubble space telescope: fourth repair mission 05/2009

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: e-sou01-25452

Image Size 300 DPI: 36 * 24 cm

Astronauts Michael Good (left) and Mike Massimino, both STS-125 mission specialists, participate in the mission's fourth session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as work continues to refurbish and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. During the eight-hour, two-minute spacewalk, Massimino and Good continued repairs and improvements to the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) that will extend the Hubble's life into the next decade. 17 May 2009.

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2009 - ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE - ASTRONAUT - ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITE - ASTRONOMY - ATLANTIS - CANADARM - EVA - EXTRA VEHICULAR ACTIVITY - EXTRA-VEHICULAR ACTIVITY - EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY - GOOD MICHAEL - HST - HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - HUMAN - MASSIMINO MICHAEL - ROBOTIC ARM - SPACE - SPACE SHUTTLE - STS-125 -