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STS061-94-051 - STS-061 - Astronauts Akers and Thornton during installation of COSTAR on HST

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STS061-94-051 - STS-061 - Astronauts Akers and Thornton during installation of COSTAR on HST

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Description: Astronaut Thomas D. Akers maneuvers inside the bay which will house the Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR) while assisting astronaut Kathryn C. Thornton with the installation of the 640-pound instrument. Thornton, anchored on the end of the Remote Manipulator System (RMS) arm, is partially visible as she prepares to install the COSTAR.

Subject Terms: ASTRONAUTS, EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY, HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE, REPAIRING, STS-61, ENDEAVOUR (ORBITER)

Date Taken: 12/8/1993

Categories: EVA

Interior_Exterior: Exterior

Ground_Orbit: On-orbit

Original: Film - 70MM CT

Preservation File Format: TIFF

feat: NON-EARTHOBS

nlat: -24.1

nlon: 98.8

azi: 298

alt: 320

elev: 87
STS-61

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1993
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The U.S. National Archives
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