S125E006583 - STS-125 - Hubble Space Telescope (HST) prior to grapple by STS-125 Shuttle Atlantis

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S125E006583 - STS-125 - Hubble Space Telescope (HST) prior to grapple by STS-125 Shuttle Atlantis

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Description: View of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) taken as the space shuttle Atlantis approaches in order to grapple the telescope. Photo was taken with an 80mm lens by an STS-125 crew member. -V3 view showing Bays 2, 3, and 4 in the SSM Equipment Section (SSM-ES), the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2), Fixed Head Star Trackers (FHST) 1, 2, and 3, and the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) cryocooler.

Subject Terms: STS-125, Hubble Space Telescope, Surveys

Date Taken: 5/13/2009

Categories: Payloads

Interior_Exterior: Interior

Ground_Orbit: On-orbit

Original: Digital Still

Preservation File Format: TIFF
STS-125

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2009

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The U.S. National Archives

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https://catalog.archives.gov/

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