STS-82

Description: (1997) STS-82 Discovery Launch - Second Hubble Space Telescope (HST) servicing.


The STS-82 mission was the second in a series of planned servicing missions to the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope (HST). HST was placed in orbit on April 24, 1990 by the Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-31.

Starting on the third day of the mission, the seven-member crew were to conduct four spacewalks to remove two older instruments and install two new astronomy instruments, as well as other servicing tasks. The two older instruments being replaced are the Goddard High Resolution Spectrometer and the Faint Object Spectrograph. Replacing these instruments are the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) and the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS).
Date: Thursday, February 11, 2010
Repeat Type: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 (every Year)
Priority: Medium
Access: Public
Category: Space Shuttle Launches
Created by: Stephen Meeks
Updated: Wednesday, January 2, 2008 10:27am

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