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Astronauts install COSTAR during EVA for HST repair

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: e-sou01-20701

Image Size 300 DPI: 36 * 36 cm

Astronaut Thomas D. Akers maneuvers inside the bay which will house the Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR) while assisting astronaut Kathryn C. Thornton with the installation of the 640-pound instrument. Thornton, anchored on the end of the Remote Manipulator System (RMS) arm, is partially visible as she prepares to install the COSTAR. Dec 1993.
 

Keywords for this photo:

1993 - AKERS THOMAS - ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE - ASTRONAUT - ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITE - COSTAR - ENDEAVOUR - EVA - EXTRA VEHICULAR ACTIVITY - EXTRA-VEHICULAR ACTIVITY - EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY - HELMET - HST - HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - HUMAN - MAN - PAYLOAD BAY - SPACE - SPACE SHUTTLE - SPACE SUIT - STS-61 - THORNTON KATHRYN - WOMAN -