[meteorite-list] Hubble

From: Peter Marmet <p.marmet_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Oct 31 16:10:04 2006
Message-ID: <DF3D81A5-56D7-4A09-A3C6-2B44F9BAFC59_at_mysunrise.ch>

  Impactika_at_aol.com wrote:

> Here is some good news:
> (http://articles.news.aol.com/news/_a/nasa-approves-repairs-for-
> hubble/20061027150509990009?cid=2194)

Good news indeed!

BTW: A repair in 1993 and in 1999 was (partly) conducted by "our"
Swiss astronaut Claude Nicollier:

STS-103 Discovery (19-27 December 1999) was an 8-day mission. The
primary objective was the repair and servicing of the Hubble Space
Telescope (HST), in particular the replacement of six gyroscopes
which are necessary to meet the telescope`s very precise pointing
requirement. During this spaceflight, Nicollier carried out his first
spacewalk (EVA), of 08:10 hours duration, to install a new computer
and one of three fine guidance sensors. He is the first European to
obtain EVA experience on a Shuttle flight.

Cheers,
Peter
Received on Tue 31 Oct 2006 04:05:21 PM PST