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Hubble Space Telescope is released over Andes Mountains
auteur: Nasa/Novapix
référence: e-sou01-10002
Image Size 300 DPI: 20 * 20 cm
The Hubble Space Telescope, with solar array wings and high gain antennae masts fully extended, is released by the remote manipulator system end effector. The STS-31 crew aboard Discovery, set the HST into Earth orbit high above the Andes Mountains. Parts of Bolivia, Peru, Chile, and Argentina are visible. This picture covers a huge area of the western half of South America stretching from 14 degrees south latitude to 23 degrees, about 1,000 kilometers. April 25 1990.
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