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There have been 5 total HST Servicing Missions, though SM1 is the only one considered a "Repair" mission as well. I was privileged to work on all but the final one.
NASA preferred to use either Discovery or Endeavour for repairs since they have larger bays and can hold more equipment. The missions were:
First Servicing/Repair Mission - SM-1/1993: STS-61 - Biggest repair was COSTAR, the corrective optics that compensated for the mirror flaw. I worked on the electronics for it.
Second Servicing Mission - SM-2/1997 - STS-82 - Added STIS, NICMOS camera, Solid State Recorder (where today's SSD technology came from), Fine Guidance Sensor, and electronic upgrades. I worked on a LOT of stuff for that mission, including new tools used to service it.
Third Servicing Mission - SM-3A/1999 - STS-103 - Originally designed to be just one mission, SM3 was split into two separate missions after it was determined within a few months of mission launch that 3 of HST's 4 gyros had failed. HST's gyros are essential for telescope pointing and maintaining control during observations; without them, HST is essentially space junk.
A quick gyro replacement mission was called up, and most of the equipment slated for installation on the original mission had to wait until 3B.
A bit of trivia on the 3rd mission; originally, mission patches and decals were made showing just the original SM3 mission and insignia. It was later changed to 2 separate missions with different designations, crew, and insignia, so if you ever run across the original, it's a collector's item. I still have several SM3 decals from before the mission change.
Fourth Servicing Mission - SM-3B/2002 - STS-109 - Installed the NICMOS Cooling System and associated hardware, Advanced Camera for Surveys, and other items. The NCS program took a lot of my time, and was the last major HST program I worked on. You can see pics of it on my bio page.
Fifth Servicing Mission - SM-4/2009 - STS-125 - Installed Cosmic Origins Spectograph and Wide-Field Camera 3, the replacement for the WFPC (Wide Field Planetary Camera) installed on SM-2. Repairs to STIS and the ACS were also performed.
For more info, see the NASA link below.
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What day was the hubble telescope launched?
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How was the Hubble Telescope transported into orbit?
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What are some space tools and devices?
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When was the hubble telescope repaired?
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What is a social disadvantage of the HST?
What is a social, enviromental, ethical and economical disadvantage of the HST(Hubble Space Telescope)? asap
How did Hubble space telescope get into space?
The HST was deployed from the Space Shuttle Discovery, during the STS-31 mission, on April 24, 1990.
When was the final servicing of the hubble space telescope?
HST Servicing Mission 4 was carried out in 2009 aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis, during shuttle mission STS-125. Atlantis and Discovery were the most often used shuttles for HST servicing missions, due in large part to their larger cargo bays compared to the other shuttles.
How did scientists get hst into orbit around the earth?
HST is the Hubble Space Telescope and was launched inside of space shuttle "Discovery" in 1990.
What day was the hubble telescope launched?
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Who launched the hubble telescope in space?
The HST was launched by NASA on board of the space shuttle Discovery on April 24, 1990.
How do they send Hubble into space?
The HST (Hubble Space Telescope) was sent aloft only once, on board the Space Shuttle Discovery. It was launched April 25, 1990, from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral. http://archive.eso.org/~amicol/HST/launch_orbit_new.html Subsequent servicing missions were performed by other shuttle launches.
How was the Hubble Telescope transported into orbit?
HST was transported into orbit aboard Space Shuttle Discovery (mission STS-31) in April 1990. It was scheduled to be orbited earlier, but the shutdown of the Shuttle program following the Challenger accident delayed its deployment, not to mention increasing its maintenance cost because it sat on the ground (about 1 million per day). Astronauts successfully deployed and boosted HST into its orbit altitude of 569nm.Though any of the Shuttles can perform an HST Servicing Mission, Shuttles Discovery and Endeavour are usually preferred due to their larger payload bays (we can put more stuff in it).To date, HST has been in orbit and providing science data for over 20 years.
When was the second mission to refurbish the hubble telescope?
February 1997 aboard Space Shuttle Discovery, an early morning launch from KSC at around 5am that was spectacular. If you look at my Supervisor bio page you can see some pics from that mission, as I worked on several of the new and replacement HST units and Astronaut tools.
What date did they put hubble space telescope in orbit?
The shuttle that would put the Hubble into orbit finally launched on April 24, 1990.
Who will service Hubble telescope?
With the last HST Servicing Mission completed, and the last Shuttle mission coming up this month (July 2011), there won't be any more servicing missions to HST, unless there's a breakthrough in new space vehicle technology that would permit it, and funding was authorized. Having worked the HST program for 9 years, I can honestly say the odds are slim and none that it will ever be visited again. HST was specifically designed to be captured and serviced in the Shuttle's payload bay; it would require an enormous amount of design for a new vehicle to accomplish the same task. With the predicted completion / launch of the James Webb Space Telescope in the next few years, HST will likely end by it controllers navigating it to a planned de-orbit burn over the Pacific or Atlantic ocean when its systems are no longer usable. This isn't something new; HST has far exceeded its predicted life span of 15 years, and a de-orbit burn at its end-of-life has always been planned.
What is the difference between the HST and other land telescopes?
the hst is in space....
What space vehicles were used in hubble telescope mission'?
Space Shuttles Discovery and Atlantis were most often used for HST Servicing Missions, due to their larger cargo bays.
