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Ref : S08927
Theme :
Testings - Satellites - Probes - Rockets (2314 images)
Title : Inside the Vertical Processing Facility
Caption :
(11/27/2001) - Inside the Vertical Processing Facility, the STS-109 crew checks out part of the equipment for their Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Servicing mission. The crew comprises Commander Scott altman, Pilot Duane Carey, Payload Commander John Grunsfeld and Mission Specialists Nancy Currie, James Newman, Richard Linnehan and Michael Massimino. The goal of the mission is to service the HST, replacing Solar Array 2 with Solar Array 3, replacing the Power Control Unit, removing the Faint Object Camera and installing the Advanced Camera for Surveys, installing the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) Cooling System, and installing New Outer Blanket Layer insulation on bays 5 through 8. Mission STS-109 is scheduled for launch Feb. 14, 2002
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