... Working in Space . ... The machine, in this potentially touching story, is the Hubble Space Telescope , which is not in the picture. The human is Astronaut Steven L. Smith , and he is seen above retrieving a power tool from the handrail of the Remote Manipulator System before resuming work on HST in 1999 December. For most astronauts , space is not a place for relaxation and vacation , but rather a place for hard work. ... 1999 2000 . ... Publications with keywords: astronaut - space - HST . ...