Dec 25 1999
From The Space Library
Discovery astronauts placed the HST back in orbit using the Shuttle's robotic arm. Astronaut Jean-Francois Clervoy operated the arm, grabbing a handle on the telescope's side. After releasing the latches securing the observatory inside the Shuttle's bay, the robotic arm lifted the telescope above the spacecraft, and ground controllers opened the door covering HST's telescopic eye. Once ground controllers gave the command, Discovery's robotic arm released the telescope. Commander Curtis L. Brown Jr. and Pilot Scott J. Kelly fired the Shuttle's thrusters to move away from the telescope slowly.
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