Photo Gallery: Hubble deployed SPACEFLIGHT NOW Posted: December 25, 1999 The repaired and enhanced Hubble Space Telescope was released from the grasp of shuttle Discovery on Christmas Day to resume its observations of the universe. Hubble spent four days attached to Discovery during this third servicing mission. 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: 2221 GMT (1721 EST) Landing site: SLF, Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Photo gallery Third spacewalk - views from Friday's spacewalk. Second spacewalk - views from Thursday's spacewalk. First spacewalk - views from Wednesday's spacewalk. 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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