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The Hubble Space Telescope deployment April 25 1990

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: e-sou01-10001

Image Size 300 DPI: 29 * 19 cm

Grappled by the remote manipulator system end effector of Discovery, the Hubble Space Telescope is held in appendage deploy position. The starboard solar array wing and the two high gain antennae are fully extended. An STS-31 crewmember took this view through aft flight deck window. The HST is backdropped against the Earth's limb.

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1990 - ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE - ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITE - ASTRONOMY - CANADARM - DEPLOYMENT - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - HST - HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - LIMB - ROBOTIC ARM - SOLAR PANEL - SPACE - STS-31 - WINDOW -