Discovery flight 27

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Discovery flight 27 is the Space Shuttle Discovery mission designated STS-103, a 1999 NASA flight primarily tasked with servicing and upgrading the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA spaceflight
Space Shuttle mission
alsoKnownAs STS-103
callsign Discovery
commander Curtis L. Brown Jr.
country United States of America
surface form: United States
crewNationality American
French
Swiss
crewSize 7
EVA 3 spacewalks
EVAPerformedBy Colin Michael Foale
surface form: C. Michael Foale

Claude Nicollier
John M. Grunsfeld
Steven L. Smith
followedBy STS-92
landingDate 1999-12-27
landingSite Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility
launchDate 1999-12-19
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B
launchVehicle Space Shuttle Discovery
missionDuration 7 days 23 hours 11 minutes
missionNumberInProgram 96
missionPatch STS-103
surface form: STS-103 mission patch
missionSequenceForDiscovery 27
missionSpecialist Colin Michael Foale
surface form: C. Michael Foale

Claude Nicollier
Jean-François Clervoy
John M. Grunsfeld
Steven L. Smith
missionType Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission
notableFor Restoring Hubble to full operation after gyroscope failures
Third servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope
operator NASA
orbitalInclination 28.5 degrees
orbitAltitude Approximately 600 km
orbitingTarget Hubble Space Telescope
payload Hubble Space Telescope servicing equipment
pilot Scott J. Kelly
precededBy STS-99
primaryObjective Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission
surface form: Servicing the Hubble Space Telescope

Upgrading the Hubble Space Telescope
program NASA Space Shuttle program
surface form: Space Shuttle program
spacecraft Space Shuttle Discovery
spacecraftSerial OV-103
year 1999

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STS-103 orbiterFlightNumber Discovery flight 27