Photo Gallery: First spacewalk SPACEFLIGHT NOW Posted: December 23, 1999 During the first spacewalk of mission STS-103, astronauts successfully installed six fresh gyroscopes to fix the Hubble Space Telescope's broken pointing system and voltage regulators to protect the observatory's batteries. Images from NASA.
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Flight data file Vehicle: Discovery (OV-103) Payload: HST Servicing Mission-3A Launch date: Dec. 20, 1999 Launch window: 0050-0132 GMT (1950-2032 EST Dec. 19) Launch site: LC-39B, Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Landing date: Dec. 27, 1999 Landing time: 2224 GMT (1724 EST) Landing site: SLF, Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Photo gallery Retrieval - Images from Tuesday's rendezvous and capture of Hubble. Launch - Images from Sunday's countdown and launch. Video vault British born astronaut Michael Foale removes Hubble's old computer during the second spacewalk of the mission. PLAY (450k QuickTime file) Space shuttle Discovery launches on STS-103 for the third mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. PLAY (596k QuickTime file) Discovery's solid rocket boosters peel away from the shuttle's external fuel tank just over two minutes into flight. PLAY (218k QuickTime file) The STS-103 crew depart their crew quarters on Sunday afternoon headed for launch pad 39B. PLAY (341k QuickTime file) NASA Launch Director Dave King announces that the first launch attempt on Friday was scrubbed because of bad weather. PLAY (253k QuickTime file) Download QuickTime 4 software to view this file. |
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