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Hubble space telescope first repair: astronauts with COSTAR

by

Nasa/Novapix

Reference

e-sou01-20702

Date

2006-11-13

Astronaut Kathryn C. Thornton lifts the Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR) prior to its installation on the Hubble Space Telescope. Thornton is anchored to a foot restraint on the end of the Remote Manipulator System arm. Astronaut Thomas D. Akers, who assisted in the COSTAR installation, is at lower left. Dec. 1993