Tests to investigate the effect of nuclear weapons on warships, collectively called Operation Crossroads, was approved by President Truman in January 1946. Between 1946 and 1958, 23 nuclear devices were detonat More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – After transfer of space shuttle Atlantis’ HST payload on Launch Pad 39A on NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the payload canister has been lowered onto the transporter. Umbilical More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, workers are constructing flight support system (FSS) access scaffolding that will be used to prepare the Hubbl More
The original finding aid described this as: Description: STS-61 Payload Commander Story Musgrave takes photos while Mission Specialist Claude Nicollier manuevers the RMS arm to capture the HST. Subject Terms: More
The original finding aid described this as: Description: STS-61 Payload Commander Story Musgrave takes photos while Mission Specialist Claude Nicollier manuevers the RMS arm to capture the HST. Subject Terms: More
The original finding aid described this as: Description: STS-61 Mission specialist Tom Akers uses the IMAX camera to photograph the HST from the aft flight deck windows. Subject Terms: ASTRONAUTS, RENDEZVOUS, More
The original finding aid described this as: Description: STS-61 Mission specialist Claude Nicollier watches from the aft flight deck window as he manuevers the Remote Manipulator System (RMS) arm to capture th More
The original finding aid described this as: Description: STS-61 crew on the Endeavour's flight deck as they rendezvous with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST).Mission specialist Jeff Hoffman examines some camera More
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Various views of the STS-61 crew on the Endeavour's flight deck as they rendezvous with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Views include: Pilot Ken Bower More