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Hubble space telescope: third repair mission 12/1999

auteur: Nasa/Novapix

référence: e-sou01-22480

Image Size 300 DPI: 34 * 35 cm

The gold of the solar arrays, illuminated from behind by the sunrise, provides stark contrast to the blackness of space in this scene, photographed at the completion of the servicing of the Hubble Space Telescope. Arching between the telescope and one of the solar panels is the thin line of Earth's atmosphere.

Keywords for this photo:

1999 - ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE - ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITE - ASTRONOMY - DISCOVERY - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - HST - HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - NIGHT - PAYLOAD BAY - SOLAR PANEL - SPACE - SPACE SHUTTLE - STS-103 - SUNRISE -