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The Hubble Space Telescope is now securely latched down on a special support structure in the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle Columbia. The bay's Flight Support System, as the structure (partially visible at bottom frame) is called, will hold the telescope for the next week, turning and tilting it as needed for the spacewalking work. The crew used a digital still camera to record a series of images documenting the fourth docking of a shuttle to the giant telescope during its tenure in space.