STS-61
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STS-61 was NASA's first Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission, and the fifth flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. The mission launched on December 2, 1993, from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. T
Musgrave being raised to the top of Hubble by Canadarm, as it sits in Endeavour's payload bay.
Standing: Covey, Hoffman, Akers Seated: Bowersox, Thornton, Musgrave, NicollierSpace Shuttle program← STS-58 (58)STS-60 (60) → Hubble Space Telescope missions← STS-31 (Deploy)STS-82 (SM2) →
Launch of the first servicing mission
Approaching the telescope.
Story Musgrave
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Franklin Story Musgrave is an American physician and a retired NASA astronaut. He is a public speaker and consultant to both Disney's Imagineering group and Applied Minds in California. In 1996, he be
STS-61
…lb) Payload mass 8,011 kg (17,661 lb) Crew Crew size 7 Members Richard O. Covey Ken Bowersox Kathryn C. Thornton Claude Nicollier Jeffrey A. Hoffman Story Musgrave Thomas D. Akers EVAs 5 EVA duration 35h, 28m Start of mission Launch date December 2, 1993, 09:27:00 UTC Rocket Space Shuttle Endeavour Launch site…
Musgrave in 1979
Musgrave, anchored on the end of the Canadarm, prepares to be elevated to the top of the Hubble Space Telescope to install protective covers on the magnetometers as part of STS-61