WIKIARCHIVES.SPACE
The Human Spaceflight Archive
sts109-337-004_9806357384_o.jpg STS109-E-5141ThumbnailsSTS109-346-004STS109-E-5141ThumbnailsSTS109-346-004
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST), with its normal routine temporarily interrupted, gets closer and closer to its capture by the Space Shuttle Columbia prior to a week of servicing and upgrading by the STS-109 astronaut crew. The shuttle's Remote Manipulator System (RMS) robotic arm was used to snare the telescope and latch it down into the cargo bay.
Information
Taken in
Space
Author
NASA
Description
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST), with its normal routine temporarily interrupted, gets closer and closer to its capture by the Space Shuttle Columbia prior to a week of servicing and upgrading by the STS-109 astronaut crew. The shuttle's Remote Manipulator System (RMS) robotic arm was used to snare the telescope and latch it down into the cargo bay.
Created on
Sunday 3 March 2002
Source link
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/albums/72157635626590533
Visits
28
Rating score
no rate
Rate this photo
License
CC BY-NC
Modified by WikiArchives
No (original)
Downloads
0
Powered by Piwigo