STS-61

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STS-61
Organization NASA-OfficeofSpaceFlight(UnitedStates)
Mission type Human Crew
Launch date December 2, 1993 (1993-12-02)
Launch vehicle Space Shuttle
Carrier rocket {$Carrier Rocket}
Launch site Cape Canaveral, United States
COSPAR ID 1993-075A
Mass {$Mass}
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Alternate Names 22917
Nominal Power {$Nominal Power}
Additional Information Here
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Payload Mass Up 8011.0 kg


STS 61 was the fifth flight of the Endeavour orbiter and the 59th shuttle mission. Its objective was to repair, replace, and/or update the instruments on the Hubble Space Telescope. During several days of EVA, the crew installed corrective optics (COSTAR) in the light path after removing the High Speed Photometer (HSP) instrument; replaced the older Wide Field/Planetary Camera (WF/PC) with a newer version (WFPC 2); and replaced malfunctioning solar arrays. The duration of the mission was 10 days, 19 hours, 58 minutes, and 37 seconds and lasted for 163 orbits.


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