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... unprecedented tasks—no astronaut had ever tried to take apart any of Hubble Space Telescope HST ’s scientific instruments in space. The work proceeded smoothly, unlike the two previous spacewalks, and ... task that required them to remove the corrective lenses that had restored Hubble Space Telescope HST ’s vision in 1993. The newer scientific instruments had built-in corrective lenses, rendering the ...

... variety of experiments aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery, including the Spartan 201 free-flyer, the HST Orbiting Systems Test, the International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker, four Get Away Special (GAS) experiment packages ... Cooling System test involved zero-g verification of a Reverse Turbo Brayton Cycle Cooler. The HST 486 Computer test studied radiation effects on the DF-224 replacement parts. The Solid State ...

... . STS-82 Discovery (February 11-21, 1997) the second Hubble Space Telescope ( Hubble Space Telescope HST ) servicing mission. It was a night launch and landing flight. During the 10-day mission ... , totaling 14 hours and 01 minute. Following completion of upgrades and repairs, Hubble Space Telescope HST was redeployed and boosted to its highest orbit ever. Mission duration was 239 hours, 37 ...

... . STS-82 Discovery (February 11-21, 1997) the second Hubble Space Telescope ( Hubble Space Telescope HST ) maintenance mission, was launched at night and returned to a night landing at Kennedy Space ... three compartments containing key data processing, electronics and scientific instrument telemetry packages. Hubble Space Telescope HST was then redeployed and boosted to a higher orbit. The flight was completed in 149 ...

... -82 Discovery (February 11-21, 1997) was the second Hubble Space Telescope ( Hubble Space Telescope HST ) maintenance mission. STS-82 was launched at night and returned to a night landing at ... , electronics and scientific instrument telemetry packages. Following completion of upgrades and repairs, Hubble Space Telescope HST was redeployed and boosted to a higher orbit. The STS-82 mission was completed in ...

... , 50 minutes, 42 seconds. STS-61 was the first Hubble Space Telescope ( Hubble Space Telescope HST ) servicing and repair mission. Following a night launch from Kennedy Space Center on December 2 ... , the Endeavour rendezvoused with and captured the Hubble Space Telescope HST . During this 11-day flight, the Hubble Space Telescope HST was restored to its full capabilities through the work of two ...

... member of the STS-82 crew to service the Hubble Space Telescope ( Hubble Space Telescope HST ) in February, 1997. The STS-82 crew of 7 launched aboard Space Shuttle Discovery on ... and replace aging support equipment, restoring Hubble Space Telescope HST to near perfect working condition. The crew boosted Hubble Space Telescope HST 's orbit by 8 nautical miles before releasing it to ...

... it will stop operating before 2010. Many astronomical and cosmological discoveries have come from the HST observations. But don't forget the Spitzer and Chandra space observatories that are also making discoveries with electronic eyes peering into deep space, in frequencies of light neither the HST nor human eyes can directly see. ---- Answer provided by Charles D. Walker, Ph.D Image ...

Aerospace industry believed 4,000-mph hypersonic transport (Hst) could be ready for commercial service in 1990's-but only if Government would support ... no driving military sponsor at high level behind these advanced materials and engines." Development of Hst would require new heat-resistant materials, a more efficient fuel, and higher-capacity engine. ''(Cooke ...

... abandonment of SST program "and substitution of a longer range objective: a hypersonic transport airplane (HST) to become operational around 1990." R&D for 500-passenger, 8000-km-per-hr (5000-mph) global-range HST was "going to be bought and paid for anyway" as part of NASA's Space ...

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