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Астронет: Астрономическая картинка дня Орбитальные ремонтники http://variable-stars.ru/db/msg/1165332/eng |
Credit & Copyright: NASA,
STS-61 Crew.
Explanation:
In December of 1993
astronauts
Story Musgrave and
Jeffrey Hoffman
performed the orbiting repairmans' ballet 400 miles above the Earth.
They are seen in this photo perched at the end of the
Space Shuttle Endeavour's robotic arm making
final
repairs to the four story tall Hubble
Space Telescope.
The coast line of western Australia is visible below.
The complex and highly successful
repair mission allowed HST to see into the
Universe with unprecedented clarity.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
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NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.