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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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 →

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