STS-82

E47795

Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission NASA spaceflight Space Shuttle mission

STS-82 was NASA’s second Space Shuttle servicing mission to upgrade and repair the Hubble Space Telescope, enhancing its scientific capabilities.

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission → NASA spaceflight → Space Shuttle mission →
alsoKnownAs	Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 2 →
commander	Kenneth D. Bowersox →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
crewSize	7 →
evaAstronaut	Gregory J. Harbaugh → Joseph R. Tanner → Mark C. Lee → Steven L. Smith →
evaCount	5 →
installedInstrument	Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer → Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph →
landingDate	1997-02-21 →
landingSite	Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility →
launchDate	1997-02-11 →
launchSite	Kennedy Space Center → Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A →
launchVehicle	Space Shuttle Discovery →
missionDuration	9 days 23 hours 37 minutes →
missionNumberInSTSProgram	82 →
missionSpecialist	Gregory J. Harbaugh → Joseph R. Tanner → Mark C. Lee → Steven A. Hawley → Steven L. Smith →
missionType	Hubble Space Telescope servicing → servicing mission →
nextMission	STS-83 →
notableOutcome	significantly improved Hubble imaging and spectroscopic performance →
objective	enhance Hubble Space Telescope scientific capabilities → repair Hubble Space Telescope systems → upgrade Hubble Space Telescope instruments →
operatedBy	NASA →
orbitApogee	approximately 560 km →
orbitInclination	28.45 degrees →
orbitPerigee	approximately 540 km →
orbitsCompleted	150 →
performedMaintenanceOn	Hubble Space Telescope Fine Guidance Sensors → Hubble Space Telescope data electronics → Hubble Space Telescope insulation →
pilot	Scott J. Horowitz →
previousMission	STS-81 →
primaryTarget	Hubble Space Telescope →
program	Space Shuttle program →
removedInstrument	Faint Object Spectrograph → Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph →
servicingMissionNumber	2 →
spacecraft	Space Shuttle Discovery →
totalEVATime	33 hours 11 minutes →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph →	installedByMission
Faint Object Spectrograph →	removedByMission
Hubble Space Telescope →	servicingMission