Hubble Archive - Servicing Mission 1, STS-61
Shortly after the Hubble Space Telescope was deployed in 1990, the observatory's primary mirror was discovered to have an aberration that affected the clarity of the telescope's early images. Fortunately, Hubble, orbiting 353 miles (569 km) above the surface of the Earth, was the first telescope designed to be visited in space by astronauts to perform repairs, replace parts, and update its technology with new instruments. Servicing Mission 1, launched in December 1993, was the first opportunity to conduct planned maintenance on the telescope. In addition, new instruments were installed and the optics of the flaw in Hubble's primary mirror was corrected.
Pre-Servicing Mission 1 Resource Reel
Hubble Servicing Mission 1 was in December, 1993.
00:01 - Neutral Buoyancy Simulator, Marshall Space Flight Center
04:00 - Astronaut Training, Johnson Space Center
04:06 - Astronaut Training, Precision Air Bearing Floor
05:23 - Astronaut Training, Pogo Concept
06:00 - Astronaut Training, Virtual Reality
07:33 - Astronaut Training, Weightless Environment Training Facility
09:24 - Mechanical Testing, Goddard Space Flight Center, COSTAR insertion
12:29 - Goddard Space Flight Center, WF/PC II insertion
15:51 - Goddard Space Flight Center, Astronaut Training with Tools
16:31 - Extra Vehicular Activities Animation, Johnson Space Center
16:36 - Johnson Space Center, WF/PC II changeout
20:32 - Johnson Space Center, RSU changeout
23:44 - Johnson Space Center, COSTAR changeout
26:50 - Johnson Space Center, Solar Arrays changeout
28:32 - Solar Array VNR, European Space Agency
34:36 - COSTAR VNR, Ball Aerospace
37:35 - COSTAR Animation, Space Telescope Science Institute
38:14 - WF/PC II Animation, Space Telescope Science Institute
39:04 - Testing and Verification VNR, NASA Headquarters
Servicing Mission 1 Highlights
Highlights from upconverted 16mm film B-roll of Servicing Mission 1 (SM1). Includes crew training, EVA highlights, HST deployment, MOCR activities and COR activities, Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR) installation to counter effects of the flawed shape of the mirror, solar array jettison and more.
STS-61 Flight Day 2 Highlights
Hubble Servicing Mission 1
December 3, 1993
Astronauts: Richard Covey, Kenneth Bowersox, Kathryn Thornton, Claude Nicollier, Jeffrey Hoffman, Story Musgrave, Thomas Akers
The crew inspected the payload bay, robotic arm, and spacesuits while Endeavour performed a series of burns to start to close in on Hubble.
STS-61 Flight Day 6 Highlights
Hubble Servicing Mission 1
December 7, 1993
Astronauts: Richard Covey, Kenneth Bowersox, Kathryn Thornton, Claude Nicollier, Jeffrey Hoffman, Story Musgrave, Thomas Akers
Spacewalk #3, Jeffrey Hoffman and Story Musgrave replaced the Wide Field Planetary Camera (WFPC) with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) and changed out two magnetometers.
STS-61 Flight Day 7 Highlights
Hubble Servicing Mission 1
December 8, 1993
Astronauts: Richard Covey, Kenneth Bowersox, Kathryn Thornton, Claude Nicollier, Jeffrey Hoffman, Story Musgrave, Thomas Akers
Spacewalk #4, Thomas Akers and Kathryn Thornton installed COSTAR and added a co-processor to the telescope's computer. Pilot Kenneth Bowersox performed two orbital maneuvers to boost the telescope's orbit.
STS-61 Flight Day 8 Highlights
Hubble Servicing Mission 1
December 9, 1993
Astronauts: Richard Covey, Kenneth Bowersox, Kathryn Thornton, Claude Nicollier, Jeffrey Hoffman, Story Musgrave, Thomas Akers
Spacewalk #5, Jeffrey Hoffman and Story Musgrave replaced the solar array drive electronics and installed covers on the magnetometers.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Producer
- Katrina Jackson (USRA)