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Hubble space telescope: second repair mission 02/1997

by

Nasa/Novapix

Reference

e-sou01-21600

Date

2006-11-14

The Hubble Space Telescope in the Space Shuttle Discovery's cargo bay, backdropped against Australia, during the fifth Extravehicular Activity added to complete servicing of the orbiting observatory. Steven Smith (center) and Mark Lee (on Remote Manipulator System arm) are conducting a survey of the hand rails on HST. In foreground is the hatchway that connects to Discovery's shirt sleeve environment of the crew cabin.