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STS109-406-026 (1-12 March 2002) --- Astronaut James H. Newman, STS-109 mission specialist, works with Payload and General Support Computers (PGSC) on the mid deck of the Space Shuttle Columbia.
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STS109-708-024 (1-12 March 2002) --- The astronauts on board the Space Shuttle Columbia took this 70mm picture featuring the Sinai Peninsula and the Dead Sea Rift. The left side of the view is dominated by the great triangle of the Sinai peninsula, which is partly obscured by an unusual cloud mass on this day. The famous Monastery of St. Catherine lies in the very remote, rugged mountains in the southern third of the peninsula (foreground). The Gulf of Aqaba is a finger of the Red Sea bottom center, pointing north to the Dead Sea, the small body of water near the center of the view. According to NASA scientists studying the STS-109 photo collection, the gulf and the Dead Sea are northerly extensions of the same geological rift that resulted in the opening of the Red Sea . The Gulf of Suez appears in the lower left corner. Northwest Saudi Arabia occupies the lower right side of the view, Jordan and Syria the right and top right, and the Eastern Mediterranean Sea the top left. Thin white lines of cloud have formed along the coastal mountains of southern Turkey and stretch across the top of the view near the Earth's limb.
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STS109-323-013 (7 March 2002) --- Astronaut Michael J. Massimino moves about in the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle Columbia while performing work on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), partially visible behind him. Astronauts Massimino and James H. Newman (out of frame), mission specialists, were participating in the fourth STS-109 space walk (EVA-4).
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STS109-346-018 (3 March 2002) --- The Hubble Space Telescope (HST), with its normal routine temporarily interrupted, gets closer and closer to its capture by the Space Shuttle Columbia prior to a week of servicing and upgrading by the STS-109 astronaut crew. The shuttle's Remote Manipulator System (RMS) robotic arm was used to snare the telescope and latch it down into the cargo bay.
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STS109-315-016 (8 March 2002) --- With five days of service and upgrade work on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) behind them, the STS-109 crew members on board the Space Shuttle Columbia took an overall snapshot of the giant telescope in the shuttle's cargo bay. The seven-member crew completed the last of its five ambitious space walks early on March 8, 2002, with the successful installation of an experimental cooling system for Hubble?s Near-Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS). The NICMOS has been dormant since January 1999 when its original coolant ran out. The telescope received new solar array panels, markedly different in appearance from the replaced pair, on the mission's first two space walks earlier in the week.
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STS109-315-007 (8 March 2002) --- Astronaut John M. Grunsfeld, STS-109 payload commander, anchored on the end of the Space Shuttle Columbia?s Remote Manipulator System (RMS) robotic arm, moves toward the giant Hubble Space Telescope (HST) temporarily hosted in the orbiter?s cargo bay. Astronaut Richard M. Linnehan (out of frame) works in tandem with Grunsfeld during this fifth and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA). Activities for the space walk centered around the Near-Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) to install a Cryogenic Cooler and its Cooling System Radiator.
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STS109-315-005 (8 March 2002) --- Barely visible within the Hubble Space Telescope's heavily shadowed shroud doors, astronauts John M. Grunsfeld (left) and Richard M. Linnehan participate in the final space walk of the STS-109 mission. The crew of the space shuttle Columbia completed the last of its five ambitious space walks early on March 8, 2002, with the successful installation of an experimental cooling system for Hubble?s Near-Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS). The NICMOS has been dormant since January 1999 when its original coolant ran out. Astronauts Grunsfeld and Linnehan began their third spacewalk of the mission at 2:46 a.m. CST. Linnehan was given a ride on the shuttle?s robotic arm to the aft shroud doors by astronaut Nancy J. Currie, working from the aft flight deck of Columbia. After the shroud doors were open, Linnehan was moved back to Columbia?s payload bay to remove the NICMOS cryocooler from its carrier. Grunsfeld and Linnehan then installed the cryocooler inside the aft shroud and connected cables from its Electronics Support Module (ESM). That module was installed on March 7 during a spacewalk by astronauts James H. Newman and Michael J. Massimino.
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STS109-319-034 (1-12 March 2002) -- Astronaut Duane G. Carey, STS-109 pilot, consults a reference manual on the flight deck of the Space Shuttle Columbia. Making his first trip into space, Carey has been very busy this week inside the crew cabin, assisting four space walking astronauts participate in five days of extravehicular activity (EVA) to perform work on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST).
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STS109-318-005 (1-12 March 2002) --- Astronauts James H. Newman (left foreground) and Michael J. Massimino, both STS-109 mission specialists, wearing the liquid cooling and ventilation garment that complements the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) space suit, are photographed on the mid deck of the Space Shuttle Columbia. Also pictured are astronauts John M. Grunsfeld (right) and Richard M. Linnehan, payload commander and mission specialist, respectively. The two teams were preparing for one of the five scheduled space walks for the mission.
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STS109-318-028 (8 March 2002) --- With five days of service and upgrade work on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) behind them, the STS-109 crew members on board the Space Shuttle Columbia took an overall snapshot of the giant telescope in the shuttle's cargo bay.
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STS109-E-5872 (9 March 2002) --- The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) was captured with a digital still camera aimed through an overhead window as Columbia's robotic arm, controlled from inside the shuttle's crew cabin, lifted it from the cargo bay, prior to its release on March 9, 2002.
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STS109-E-5735 (8 March 2002) --- Astronaut John M. Grunsfeld, STS-109 payload commander, works in tandem with astronaut Richard M. Linnehan, mission specialist, as the two devote their attention to the Near-Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) on the giant Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Grunsfeld stands on a foot restraint on the end of the Space Shuttle Columbia?s Remote Manipulator System (RMS). This marked the fifth and final scheduled STS-109 space walk and the mission?s third extravehicular activity (EVA) for the tandem of Grunsfeld and Linnehan. It was completed at 10:06 a.m. CST (1606 GMT), March 8, 2002. The image was recorded with a digital still camera.
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STS109-E-5721 (8 March 2002) --- Astronaut John M. Grunsfeld, STS-109 payload commander, attired in the extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) space suit, completed suited is in the Space Shuttle Columbia?s airlock. Grunsfeld and Richard M. Linnehan, mission specialist, were about to participate in STS-109?s fifth space walk. Activities for EVA-5 centered around the Near-Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) to install a Cryogenic Cooler and its Cooling System Radiator. The image was recorded with a digital still camera.
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STS109-E-5887 (9 March 2002) --- This view of a good portion of the country of Chile was recorded with a digital still camera by one of the STS-109 astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. Chile's Pacific Coast is featured and the country's borders with three other nations--Bolivia, Peru and Argentina--almost or just barely made it into the frame in three different directions. Punta Angamos and Punta Tetas are readily visible on the anvil shaped peninsular feature, near the city of Antofagasta.
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STS109-E-5904 (9 March 2002) --- Astronaut John M. Grunsfeld, STS-109 payload commander, holds a camera on the aft flight deck of the Space Shuttle Columbia. The image was recorded with a digital still camera.
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STS109-E-5777 (7 March 2002) --- The main island of Hawaii is at frame center of this digital still camera's view recorded from the Space Shuttle Columbia during flight day 7. Maui (left) and Kahoolawe can be seen at bottom center.
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STS109-E-5882 (9 March 2002) --- The Hubble Space Telescope (HST), appearing as a tiny, almost indistinguishable glowing mass, distances itself from the Space Shuttle Columbia following its release on March 9, 2002. Considering its original deployment in 1990 and three previous servicing missions, this marked the fifth time a shuttle has bidden farewell to the giant telescope. This image was recorded with a digital still camera.
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STS109-E-5768 (9 March 2002) --- The Hubble Space Telescope is released from the Space Shuttle Columbia after a week's servicing and upgrading. The STS-109 crew deployed the giant telescope at 4:04 a.m. CST (1004 GMT), March 9, 2002. Afterward, the seven crew members began to focus their attention to the trip home, scheduled for March 12. The STS-109 astronauts conducted five space walks to service and upgrade Hubble. This image was recorded with a digital still camera.
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STS109-E-5883 (9 March 2002) --- The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) distances itself from the Space Shuttle Columbia following its release on March 9, 2002. Considering its original deployment in 1990 and three previous servicing missions, this marked the fifth time a shuttle has bade farewell to the giant telescope. This image was recorded with a digital still camera.
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STS109-E-6032 (11 March 2002) --- On the Space Shuttle Columbia?s mid deck, the crewmembers for the STS-109 mission pose for the traditional in-flight portrait. From the left (front row), are astronauts Nancy J. Currie, mission specialist, Scott D. Altman, mission commander, and Duane G. Carey, pilot. From the left (back row), are astronauts John M. Grunsfeld, payload commander, and Richard M. Linnehan, James H. Newman, and Michael J. Massimino, all mission specialists. The image was recorded with a digital still camera.
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STS109-E-5761 (9 March 2002) --- Astronaut Michael J. Massimino, STS-109 mission specialist, looks through an overhead window on the aft flight deck of the Space Shuttle Columbia during the crew?s final interface with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The telescope was released at 4:04 a.m. (CST). The image was recorded with a digital still camera.
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STS109-E-6003 (10 March 2002) --- The astronauts on board the Space Shuttle Columbia took this digital picture featuring a well-defined subtropical cyclone. The view looks southwestward over the Tasman Sea (between Australia and New Zealand). According to meteorologists studying the STS-109 photo collection, such circulations are recognized as hybrids, lacking the tight banding and convection of tropical cyclones, and the strong temperature contrast and frontal boundaries of polar storms. The image was recorded with a digital still camera.
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STS109-E-5873 (9 March 2002) --- The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) was captured with a digital still camera aimed through an overhead window as Columbia's robotic arm, controlled from inside the shuttle's crew cabin, lifted it from the cargo bay, prior to its release on March 9, 2002.
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STS109-E-5750 (8 March 2002) --- Astronaut John M. Grunsfeld, STS-109 payload commander, floats near the giant Hubble Space Telescope (HST) temporarily hosted in the Space Shuttle Columbia?s cargo bay. Astronaut Richard M. Linnehan (lower right), mission specialist, works in tandem with Grunsfeld during this fifth and final scheduled space walk. Activities for EVA-5 centered around the Near-Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) to install a Cryogenic Cooler and its Cooling System Radiator. The space walk was completed at 10:06 a.m. CST (1606 GMT), March 8, 2002. The image was recorded with a digital still camera.
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STS109-E-5874 (9 March 2002) --- This close-up image of part of the giant Hubble Space Telescope (HST) was captured with a digital still camera aimed through an aft flight deck window. Columbia's robotic arm (seen grasping the telescope, upper right), controlled from inside the shuttle's crew cabin, lifted Hubble from the cargo bay prior to its release on March 9, 2002.
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STS109-E-5703 (9 March 2002) --- The Hubble Space Telescope, sporting new solar arrays and other important but less visible new hardware, begins its separation from the Space Shuttle Columbia. The STS-109 crew deployed the giant telescope at 4:04 a.m. CST (1004 GMT), March 9, 2002. Afterward, the seven crew members began to focus their attention to the trip home, scheduled for March 12. The STS-109 astronauts conducted five space walks to service and upgrade Hubble. This image was recorded with a digital still camera.
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STS109-E-5681 (7 March 2002) --- Astronaut Nancy J. Currie, mission specialist, remains very near the controls (upper left) for Columbia's Remote Manipulator System (RMS). On a week with one lengthy space walk per day, Currie has had her hands full with RMS duties to support the space walks of four crewmates. A short time later on this day, astronauts James H. Newman and Michael J. Massimino began EVA-4 and the duo required the services of Currie to control the robotic arm to maneuver them around the various work stations on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The image was recorded with a digital still camera.
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STS109-E-5630 (5 March 2002) --- With the Space Shuttle Columbia in limited natural light, two astronauts work on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) during the flight's second of five scheduled space walks. A thin slice of reflected sunlight and airglow can be seen at Earth's horizon. Astronauts James H. Newman (out of frame) and Michael J. Massimino (on platform on end of robotic arm), mission specialists, are making their first extravehicular activity (EVA) of the mission, following the act of two other crewmembers on the previous day. The image was recorded with a digital still camera.
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STS109-E-5638 (5 March 2002) --- With the Space Shuttle Columbia in limited natural light, two astronauts work on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) during the flight's second of five scheduled space walks. A thin slice of reflected sunlight and airglow can be seen at Earth's horizon. Astronauts James H. Newman (right) and Michael J. Massimino share the platform on the end of the robotic arm. The mission specialists are making their first extravehicular activity (EVA) of the mission, following the act of two other crewmembers on the previous day. The image was recorded with a digital still camera.
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STS109-E-5636 (5 March 2002) --- Astronauts Michael J. Massimino (on the end of Columbia's robotic arm) and James H. Newman (positioned just to the right of Massimino above the shuttle's longerons) perform the second of five scheduled STS-109 space walks to service and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The image was recorded with a digital still camera.
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STS109-E-5708 (7 March 2002) --- Astronaut Scott D. Altman, STS-109 mission commander, observes from the aft flight deck of the Space Shuttle Columbia as astronauts James H. Newman and Michael J. Massimino, both mission specialists, perform work on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), temporarily hosted in the shuttle?s cargo bay. The image was recorded with a digital still camera.
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STS109-E-5642 (5 March 2002) --- Astronaut James H. Newman, mission specialist, peers into Columbia's crew cabin during a brief break in work on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), latched down just a few feet behind him in Columbia's cargo bay. Astronauts Newman and Michael J. Massimino are making their first extravehicular activity (EVA) of the mission, following the act of two other crewmembers on the previous day. The image was recorded with a digital still camera.
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STS109-E-5707 (9 March 2002) --- The Hubble Space Telescope, backdropped against the blackness of space over the horizon of the blue and white Earth, continues to distance itself from the Space Shuttle Columbia. The STS-109 crew deployed the giant telescope at 4:04 a.m. CST (1004 GMT), March 9, 2002. Afterward, the seven crew members began to focus their attention to the trip home, scheduled for March 12. The STS-109 astronauts conducted five space walks to service and upgrade Hubble. This image was recorded with a digital still camera.
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STS109-E-5668 (6 March 2002) --- The two space walking teams of STS-109 crew members, who today surpassed the halfway point in their extravehicular activity (EVA) duty, pose for a snapshot on the mid deck of the Space Shuttle Columbia. From the left are astronauts Richard M. Linnehan, James H. Newman, John M. Grunsfeld and Michael J. Massimino. Following the second spacewalk by the Grunsfeld-Linnehan duo earlier today, marking the third overall for the STS-109 mission, each team has one space walk remaining. The image was recorded with a digital still camera.
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STS109-E-5704 (9 March 2002) --- The Hubble Space Telescope, sporting new solar arrays and other important but less visible new hardware, begins its separation from the Space Shuttle Columbia. The STS-109 crew deployed the giant telescope at 4:04 a.m. CST (1004 GMT), March 9, 2002. Afterward, the seven crew members began to focus their attention to the trip home, scheduled for March 12. The STS-109 astronauts conducted five space walks to service and upgrade Hubble. This image was recorded with a digital still camera.
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STS109-E-5627 (5 March 2002) --- With the Space Shuttle Columbia in limited natural light, two astronauts work on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) during the flight's second of five scheduled space walks. A thin slice of reflected sunlight and airglow can be seen at Earth's horizon. Astronauts James H. Newman and Michael J. Massimino, mission specialists, are making their first extravehicular activity (EVA) of the mission, following the act of two other crewmembers on the previous day. Massimino can be identified on the end of the arm by the diagonal stripes on the pant legs of his extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) space suit. The image was recorded with a digital still camera.
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STS109-E-5672 (7 March 2002) --- Astronauts Scott D. Altman, mission commander, and Duane G. Carey, pilot, have remained inside Columbia's crew cabin all week while four crewmates have performed a series of space walks. However, the duo, seen here on the shuttle's flight deck, has had sparse leisure time, performing various interior duties in support of the extravehicular activity (EVA) designed for the servicing and upgrading of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The image was recorded with a digital still camera.
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STS109-E-5643 (5 March 2002) --- Astronauts Michael J. Massimino (left) and James H. Newman, mission specialists, are back on board the mid deck of the Space Shuttle Columbia during the second of five scheduled STS-109 space walks to perform servicing and upgrading of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The image was recorded with a digital still camera.
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STS109-E-5682 (7 March 2002) --- Astronaut Nancy J. Currie, mission specialist, remains very near the controls for Columbia's Remote Manipulator System (out of frame) on the crew cabin's aft flight deck. On a week with one lengthy space walk per day, Currie has had her hands full with RMS duties to support the space walks of four crewmates. A short time later on this day, astronauts James H. Newman and Michael J. Massimino began EVA-4, during which the duo required the services of Currie to control the robotic arm to maneuver them around the various work stations on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The image was recorded with a digital still camera.
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STS109-E-5628 (5 March 2002) --- With the Space Shuttle Columbia in limited natural light, two astronauts work on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) during the flight's second of five scheduled space walks. A thin slice of reflected sunlight and airglow can be seen at Earth's horizon. Astronauts James H. Newman (out of frame) and Michael J. Massimino (on platform on end of robotic arm), mission specialists, are making their first extravehicular activity (EVA) of the mission, following the act of two other crewmembers on the previous day. The image was recorded with a digital still camera.
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STS109-E-5660 (6 March 2002) --- Astronauts John M. Grunsfeld (top) and Richard M. Linnehan participate in a 6 hour, 48 minute space walk designed to install a new Power Control Unit (PCU) on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The two went on to replace the original unit launched with the telescope in April 1990. Grunsfeld is on the end of Columbia's Remote Manipulator System (RMS) robotic arm, controlled from inside the crew cabin by astronaut Nancy J. Currie. The image was recorded with a digital still camera.
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STS109-E-5720 (8 March 2002) --- Astronaut John M. Grunsfeld, STS-109 payload commander, wearing a portion of the extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) space suit, occupies the commander?s station on the forward flight deck of the Space Shuttle Columbia. The image was recorded with a digital still camera.
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STS109-E-5685 (7 March 2002) --- Astronaut Nancy J. Currie, mission specialist, works the controls for Columbia's Remote Manipulator System (RMS) on the crew cabin's aft flight deck. On a week with one lengthy space walk per day, Currie has had her hands full with RMS duties to support the space walks of four crewmates. Astronauts James H. Newman and Michael J. Massimino had just begin EVA-4, during which the duo required the services of Currie to control the robotic arm to maneuver them around the various work stations on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The image was recorded with a digital still camera.
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STS109-E-5700 (9 March 2002) --- The Hubble Space Telescope, sporting new solar arrays and other important but less visible new hardware, begins its separation from the Space Shuttle Columbia. The STS-109 crew deployed the giant telescope at 4:04 a.m. CST (1004 GMT), March 9, 2002. Afterward, the seven crew members began to focus their attention to the trip home, scheduled for March 12. The STS-109 astronauts conducted five space walks to service and upgrade Hubble. This image was recorded with a digital still camera.
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STS109-E-5606 (5 March 2002) --- Astronaut Michael J. Massimino, mission specialist, waves to crewmates on the other side of the aft flight deck windows on Columbia, while equipped with his extravehicular mobility units (EMU) space suit and standing on the end of the Remote Manipulator System (RMS) arm in the shuttle's cargo bay. This day's space walk went on to see astronauts James H. Newman and Massimino replace the port solar array on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), partially visible in the background. On the previous day astronauts John M. Grunsfeld and Richard M. Linnehan replaced the starboard solar array on the giant telescope. The image was recorded with a digital still camera.
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STS109-E-5611 (5 March 2002) --- Astronauts James H. Newman, attached to the Remote Manipulator System (RMS) arm of the Space Shuttle Columbia, and Michael J. Massimino (out of frame) work on the Hubble Space Telescope as the shuttle flies over Western Australia. This day's space walk went on to see astronauts Newman and Massimino replace the port solar array on the Hubble. On the previous day astronauts John M. Grunsfeld and Richard M. Linnehan replaced the starboard solar array on the giant telescope. The image was recorded with a digital still camera.
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STS109-E-5610 (5 March 2002) --- Astronauts James H. Newman, attached to the Remote Manipulator System (RMS) arm of the Space Shuttle Columbia, and Michael J. Massimino (barely visible against the Hubble Space Telescope near center frame) work on the telescope as the shuttle flies over Australia. This day's space walk went on to see astronauts Newman and Massimino replace the port solar array on the Hubble. On the previous day astronauts John M. Grunsfeld and Richard M. Linnehan replaced the starboard solar array on the giant telescope. The image was recorded with a digital still camera.
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STS109-E-5468 (4 March 2002) --- Having just arrived back on board the crew cabin of the Space Shuttle Columbia, the first team of assigned space walkers for STS-109 talk about their shared seven-hour extravehicular activity while still attired in their thermal undergarments. Astronauts John M. Grunsfeld (left) and Richard M. Linnehan just completed the first of five scheduled STS-109 space walks to work on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), successfully replacing the starboard solar array on the giant telescope. The next day's assignment will feature replacement of the port array by astronauts James H. Newman and Michael J. Massimino (both out of frame), whose extravehicular mobility unit (EMU)space suits can be seen stowed on the mid deck. This image was recorded with a digital still camera.
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STS109-E-5420 (7 March 2002) --- Flight Day 7 of the STS-109 mission finds astronaut Richard M. Linnehan, mission specialist, back in the shirt-sleeve environment of the Space Shuttle Columbia, just like his space walking partner--astronaut John M. Grunsfeld (out of frame). Two of Grunsfeld's crewmates were about to begin the fourth space walk of the mission to perform special tasks on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Linnehan and Grunsfeld will participate in the fifth and final scheduled spacewalk in a little more than 24 hours. It will mark their third shared space walk for the current mission. This image was recorded with a digital still camera.
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STS109-E-5625 (5 March 2002) --- Astronaut Nancy J. Currie, mission specialist, controls the Remote Manipulator System (RMS) robotic arm of the Space Shuttle Columbia as two astronauts perform work on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), temporarily hosted in the shuttle's cargo bay. The image was recorded with a digital still camera.
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