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NASA decided to split the Third Servicing Mission (SM3) into two parts, SM3A and SM3B, after the third of Hubble's six gyroscopes failed. In accordance with NASA's flight rules, a \"call-up\" mission was quickly approved and developed and executed in a record 7 months!

The crew of STS-103 including astronauts Curtis L. Brown Jr., Scott J. Kelly, John M. Grunsfeld, Jean-François Clervoy, Michael Foale, Steven L. Smith, and Claude Nicollier ensured that the Hubble Space Telescope continued its mission into the 21st century.

For more information, visit https://nasa.gov/hubble.

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\"Illuminations\" by Aleksander Terris [SACEM] via Koka Media [SACEM], Universal Publishing Production Music France [SACEM] and Universal Production Music.

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“Royal Legacy” by Laurent Dury [SACEM] via Koka Media [SACEM], Universal Publishing Production Music France [SACEM] and Universal Production Music.

“A Fresh Perspective” by Stephen Daniel Lemaire [ASCAP] via El Murmullo Sarao [SGAE], Universal Sarao [SGAE] and Universal Production Music.

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Old TV Graphic by SVZUL via Motion Array

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In accordance with NASA's flight rules, a \"call-up\" mission was quickly approved and developed and executed in a record 7 months.The Hubble team left the telescope far more fit and capable than ever before. The new, improved, and upgraded equipment included six fresh gyroscopes, six battery voltage/temperature improvement kits, a faster, more powerful, main computer, a next-generation solid state data recorder, a new transmitter, an enhanced fine guidance sensor, and new insulation. || ", "release_date": "2019-12-19T06:55:00-05:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:45:19.801254-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 391294, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a013400/a013421/SM3A_THUMB.jpg", "filename": "SM3A_THUMB.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": " ", "width": 320, "height": 180, "pixels": 57600 } }, { "id": 13178, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13178/", "page_type": "Produced Video", "title": "Hubble Tool Time Episode 4 - Servicing Mission 3A", "description": "Retired NASA astronaut John Grunsfeld hosts this six-part mini-series about the tools used on the Hubble Space Telescope servicing missions. Hubble was uniquely designed to be serviced in space so that components could be repaired and upgraded. Astronauts using custom-designed tools performed challenging spacewalks on five servicing missions from 1993 to 2009 to keep Hubble operating so that it could change our fundamental understanding of the universe.Join John and EVA engineer Ed Rezac in this episode of Hubble Tool Time to learn about the difficult job of replacing Hubble’s Rate Sensor Units on Servicing Mission 3A in 1999 and the resulting tool created to make the job easier. In addition to enabling Hubble's scientific discoveries, the tools developed by teams at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and tested in collaboration with the Johnson Space Center furthered NASA's human exploration capabilities. These tools and the knowledge gleaned from the Hubble servicing missions are used today by astronauts on the International Space Station, and will be critical to NASA's future crewed missions to the Moon and Mars.For more information, visit https://nasa.gov/hubble.Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Katrina Jackson.Music credits: \"Wine On It\" by Kevin Blanc [SACEM]; KTSA Publishing SACEM; Gum Tapes; Killer Tracks Production Music. \"Breakthrough\" by Donn Wilerson [BMI]; Killer Tracks BMI; Killer Tracks Production Music. || ", "release_date": "2019-05-07T09:55:00-04:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:45:58.764820-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 396419, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a013100/a013178/13178_TTSM3A_thumbnail_horizontal_copy.jpg", "filename": "13178_TTSM3A_thumbnail_horizontal_copy.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "Master versionHorizontal version without YouTube endscreen boxes. 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