STS-61

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NASA spaceflight Space Shuttle mission

STS-61 was a 1993 NASA Space Shuttle Endeavour mission best known for successfully repairing and upgrading the Hubble Space Telescope during a series of complex spacewalks.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
STS-61 canonical	17
STS-61 (Servicing Mission 1, 1993)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NASA spaceflight ⓘ Space Shuttle mission ⓘ
callsign	Space Shuttle Endeavour ⓘ surface form: Endeavour
commander	Richard O. Covey ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
crewMember	Claude Nicollier ⓘ F. Story Musgrave ⓘ Jeffrey A. Hoffman ⓘ Kathryn C. Thornton ⓘ Kenneth D. Bowersox ⓘ Richard O. Covey ⓘ Tom Akers ⓘ
crewSize	7 ⓘ
evaPerformed	5 ⓘ
followedBy	STS-60 ⓘ
landingDate	1993-12-13 ⓘ
landingSite	Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility ⓘ
launchDate	1993-12-02 ⓘ
launchSite	Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B ⓘ
launchVehicle	Space Shuttle Endeavour ⓘ
missionDuration	10 days 19 hours 59 minutes ⓘ
missionNumber	61 ⓘ
missionSpecialist	Claude Nicollier ⓘ F. Story Musgrave ⓘ Jeffrey A. Hoffman ⓘ Kathryn C. Thornton ⓘ Tom Akers ⓘ
missionType	Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ surface form: Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission orbital research mission ⓘ
notableFor	correcting Hubble Space Telescope optical flaw ⓘ first Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission ⓘ
operator	NASA ⓘ
orbitApogee	approximately 578 km ⓘ
orbitInclination	28.45 degrees ⓘ
orbitPerigee	approximately 565 km ⓘ
orbitsCompleted	163 ⓘ
payload	Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR) ⓘ Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ Solar arrays for Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 ⓘ surface form: Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2)
pilot	Kenneth D. Bowersox ⓘ
precededBy	STS-58 ⓘ
primaryObjective	repair the Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
program	NASA Space Shuttle program ⓘ surface form: Space Shuttle program
shuttleOrbiter	Space Shuttle Endeavour ⓘ surface form: Endeavour
spacecraft	Space Shuttle Endeavour ⓘ
totalEVATime	35 hours 28 minutes ⓘ
year	1993 ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

NASA Space Shuttle program → notableMission → STS-61 ⓘ

Hubble Space Telescope → servicingMission → STS-61 ⓘ

Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 → installedDuringMission → STS-61 ⓘ

Space Shuttle Endeavour → notableMission → STS-61 ⓘ

STS-58 → followedBy → STS-61 ⓘ

Kenneth D. Bowersox → spaceMission → STS-61 ⓘ

Claude Nicollier → spaceMission → STS-61 ⓘ

Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR) → launchedWithMission → STS-61 ⓘ

subject surface form: COSTAR

Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR) → installedByMission → STS-61 ⓘ

subject surface form: COSTAR

Tom Akers → spaceMission → STS-61 ⓘ

F. Story Musgrave → spaceflight → STS-61 ⓘ

F. Story Musgrave → performedEVAOn → STS-61 ⓘ

Jeffrey A. Hoffman → mission → STS-61 ⓘ

STS-60 → precededBy → STS-61 ⓘ

Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission 1 → alsoKnownAs → STS-61 ⓘ

Hubble Space Telescope solar arrays → firstReplacementMission → STS-61 ⓘ

this entity surface form: STS-61 (Servicing Mission 1, 1993)

Kathryn C. Thornton → mission → STS-61 ⓘ

Richard O. Covey → spaceMission → STS-61 ⓘ