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STS-31 Hubble Space Telescope (HST) solar array panel deploy aboard OV-103

1990-04-25

NASA

NASA
Washington, DC, United States

Held in appendage deploy position by Discovery's, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103's, remote manipulator system (RMS), the Hubble Space Telescope's (HST's) starboard solar array (SA) bistem cassette is released from its stowed position on the Support System Module (SSM) forward shell. The spreader bar & bistem begin to unfurl the SA wing. View was taken by an STS-31 crewmember through an overhead window & is backdropped against the surface of the Earth.

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  • Title: STS-31 Hubble Space Telescope (HST) solar array panel deploy aboard OV-103
  • Date Created: 1990-04-25
  • Rights: JSC
  • Album: rlobrie1
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