Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission 1

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Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission 1 was the 1993 Space Shuttle mission that corrected Hubble’s flawed optics and upgraded its instruments, restoring the telescope to full scientific capability.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Space Shuttle mission
space telescope servicing mission
alsoKnownAs Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission 1
surface form: First Hubble Servicing Mission

STS-61
approximateOrbitInclination 28.5 degrees
commander Richard O. Covey
correctedProblem spherical aberration in Hubble Space Telescope primary mirror
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
EVAastronaut Claude Nicollier
Jeffrey A. Hoffman
Kathryn C. Thornton
Story Musgrave
Tom Akers
EVAObjective install COSTAR corrective optics package
replace WFPC1 with WFPC2
upgrade Hubble solar arrays and other components
followedBy STS-60
installedInstrument COSTAR
Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR)
surface form: Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement

Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2
surface form: WFPC2

Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2
landingDate 1993-12-13
landingSite Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility
launchDate 1993-12-02
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B
missionDuration 10 days 19 hours 59 minutes
missionObjective correct Hubble Space Telescope optical aberration
restore Hubble Space Telescope to full scientific capability
upgrade Hubble Space Telescope instruments and systems
missionSpecialist Claude Nicollier
Jeffrey A. Hoffman
Kathryn C. Thornton
Story Musgrave
Tom Akers
notableOutcome demonstrated feasibility of complex on-orbit telescope repair
restoration of Hubble imaging performance to design specifications
operator NASA
orbitRegime low Earth orbit
partOf Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission 1 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hubble Space Telescope servicing missions
performedExtravehicularActivities 5
pilot Kenneth D. Bowersox
precededBy STS-58
program NASA Space Shuttle program
surface form: Space Shuttle program
replacedInstrument Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2
surface form: WFPC1

Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2
surface form: Wide Field and Planetary Camera
servicedSpaceTelescope Hubble Space Telescope
spacecraft Space Shuttle Endeavour
target Hubble Space Telescope

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Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 deployedOn Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission 1
Space Shuttle Endeavour supportedMission Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission 1
this entity surface form: first Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission (STS-61)
Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR) servicingMission Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission 1
subject surface form: COSTAR
this entity surface form: Hubble Servicing Mission 1
OV-105 notableMission Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission 1
this entity surface form: STS-61 (first Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission)
F. Story Musgrave notableWork Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission 1
this entity surface form: first Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission
Jeffrey A. Hoffman notableWork Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission 1
this entity surface form: Hubble Space Telescope first servicing mission
Space Shuttle notableMission Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission 1
this entity surface form: STS-61 Hubble servicing
FOS wasServicedDuring Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission 1
this entity surface form: First Hubble Servicing Mission (STS-61)
Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission 1 alsoKnownAs Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission 1
this entity surface form: First Hubble Servicing Mission
Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission 1 partOf Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission 1 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Hubble Space Telescope servicing missions
Kathryn C. Thornton notableWork Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission 1
this entity surface form: Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission STS-61
Richard O. Covey notableWork Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission 1
this entity surface form: first Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission
Richard O. Covey participantIn Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission 1