Hubble’s Servicing Mission 3B
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Four astronauts trained for five scheduled spacewalks to upgrade and service the Hubble Space Telescope during the STS-109 mission in early 2002. Three veteran astronauts, John M.Grunsfeld, James H. Newman, and Richard M. Linnehan, were joined by Michael J. Massimino, who will be making his first space flight.
Scott Altman, (Cmdr., USN), a two-time shuttle veteran, commanded the STS-109 mission. He was joined on the flight deck by pilot Duane Carey, (Lt. Col., USAF), making his first space flight, and flight engineer Nancy Currie (Lt. Col, USA, Ph.D.). Currie had three previous space flights to her credit.
For more information, visit https://nasa.gov/hubble.
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- Grace Weikert (GSFC Interns)
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- Grace Weikert (GSFC Interns)
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- Grace Weikert (GSFC Interns) [Lead]
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- Grace Weikert (GSFC Interns)
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March 1st, 2020
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STS-109 Flight Day Highlights Day 5-6, March 05-06, 2002EVA No. 2: 7 hours, 16 minutes -- Mission Specialists Newman and Massimino installed a new port solar array and a new Reaction Wheel Assembly on Hubble after removing the old solar array. Again, the spacewalkers used the robotic arm to get to and from the worksite. Newman and Massimino also had time to install a thermal blanket on Bay 6, door stop extensions on Bay 5, and foot restraints to prepare for the third spacewalk by Grunsfeld and Linnehan. Testing two bolts on the telescope's aft shroud doors, they determined that bottom two bolts required replacement and they completed that task. EVA No. 3: 6 hours, 48 minutes -- A water leak in Grunsfeld's spacesuit delayed the start of the third EVA. After swapping the upper portion of the suit, he and Linnehan began work to replace the original, 12-year-old Power Control Unit with a new one capable of handling the extra 20 percent of power output being generated from the newly installed solar panels. STS-109 Flight Day Highlights Day 7, March 07, 2002EVA No. 4: 7 hours, 18 minutes -- Mission Specialists James Newman and Michael Massimino completed the first science instrument upgrade of the servicing mission by installing the Advanced Camera for Surveys -- it replaced the original Faint Object Camera. Afterward, Massimino installed the Electronic Support Module, the first part of an experimental cooling system to be installed on EVA No. 5. STS-109 Flight Day Highlights Day 8-9, March 08-09, 2002EVA No. 5: 7 hours, 32 minutes -- On the final spacewalk, Mission Specialists Grunsfeld and Linnehan removed the NICMOS cryocooler from its carrier in the payload bay and installed it inside the aft shroud, connecting cables from the Electronics Support Module. They retrieved the Cooling System Radiator from the payload bay and installed it on the outside of Hubble. Linnehan fed the radiator wires through the bottom of the telescope to Grunsfeld, who connected them to NICMOS. STS-109 Flight Day Highlights Day 10, March 10, 2002 STS-109 Flight Day Highlights Day 11, March 11, 2002 SM3B A Success00:44 - The Mission Begins with New And Upgraded Solar Panels Animation and B-Roll - TRT 02:4003:44 - ACS Animation and Mission B-Roll - TRT 00:53Early Release Observations: Near-Infrared Camera/Multi-Object Spectrometer 05:22 - Image of The Cone Nebula (G02-038) - TRT 00:20Early Release Observations: Near-Infrared Camera/Multi-Object Spectrometer 06:08 - Image of NGC 4013 (G02-038) - TRT 00:1506:46 - Cryocooler - A Refrigerator In Space Animation and B-Roll - TRT 01:3809:29 - HST's Evolution Animation - TRT 04:5415:05 - The Final Endeavor of a Successful Mission - TRT 00:3016:12 - HST Accomplishments - TRT 02:2719:38 - Astronauts Train - B-Roll - TRT 02:2422:23 - STOCC B-Roll - TRT 00:5623:50 - HST Operations Center B-Roll - TRT 00:2824:54 - The Release of HST - TRT 00:5726:15 - The First Servicing Mission (STS-61) - TRT 02:1428:43 - The 2nd Servicing Mission (STS-82) - TRT 04:1333:30 - The 3rd Servicing Mission (STS-103) - TRT 01:1035:03 - Interview Excerpts Preston Burch Program Manager - TRT 01:4737:11 - Interview Excerpts David Leckrone Senior Project Scientist - TRT 01:4939:16 - Interview Excerpts Edward Cheng HST Development Project Scientist - TRT 02:57 SM3B Crew TrainingIn preperation for this important mission, the crew spent years training for servicing the Hubble Space Telescope. This archive footage shows the astronauts training. Servicing Mission 3B was actually the fourth visit to Hubble. NASA split the original Servicing Mission 3 into two parts and conducted 3A in December of 1999. During SM3B a new science instrument will be installed: the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS). Several other activities were accomplished as well over a 12-day mission with 5 spacewalks.Four astronauts trained for five scheduled spacewalks to upgrade and service the Hubble Space Telescope during the STS-109 mission in early 2002. Three veteran astronauts, John M.Grunsfeld, James H. Newman, and Richard M. Linnehan, were joined by Michael J. Massimino, who will be making his first space flight.Grunsfeld had flown three times, STS-67 in 1995, STS-81 in 1997, and STS-103 in 1999 when he performed two spacewalks to service the Hubble Space Telescope. Newman, veteran of three space flights, STS-51 in 1993, STS-69 in 1995, and STS-88 in 1998, had conducted four previous spacewalks. Linnehan had flown on STS-78 in 1996 and STS-90 in 1998. Massimino is a member of the 1996 astronaut class.Scott Altman, (Cmdr., USN), a two-time shuttle veteran, commanded the STS-109 mission. He was joined on the flight deck by pilot Duane Carey, (Lt. Col., USAF), making his first space flight, and flight engineer Nancy Currie (Lt. Col, USA, Ph.D.). Currie had three previous space flights to her credit. Related pages
Hubble Tool Time Episode 5 - Servicing Mission 3B
May 14th, 2019
Read moreMaster versionHorizontal version without YouTube endscreen boxes. This is for use on any non-YouTube platform where you want to display the video horizontally. YouTube versionThis horizontal version has boxes in the end credits for YouTube endscreens. Don't use this version in non-YouTube locations.Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel. Facebook versionThis is a square 1:1 version of the video with open captions designed for Facebook or any other platform where you want to display a full-length square version of the video. Vertical versionThis vertical version of the episode is for IGTV or Snapchat. The IGTV episode can be pulled into Instagram Stories and the regular Instagram feed. 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 developing a wrench-like connector tool to replace Hubble’s Power Control Unit on Servicing Mission 3B in 2002. 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. Related pages