STS-109

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Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission NASA spaceflight Space Shuttle mission

STS-109 was a NASA Space Shuttle Columbia mission in 2002 that upgraded and refurbished the Hubble Space Telescope, significantly enhancing its scientific capabilities.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
STS-109 canonical 16
Space Shuttle mission STS-109 2
Hubble Servicing Mission 3B 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission ⓘ
NASA spaceflight ⓘ
Space Shuttle mission ⓘ
approxApogee 569 km ⓘ
approxPerigee 489 km ⓘ
commander Scott D. Altman ⓘ
surface form: Scott Altman
componentReplaced Hubble Space Telescope Power Control Unit ⓘ
Hubble Space Telescope solar arrays ⓘ
Reaction Wheel Assembly on Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crewSize 7 ⓘ
EVAObjective install new scientific instruments on Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
perform maintenance and refurbishment on Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
upgrade Hubble Space Telescope power systems ⓘ
EVAPerformed 5 ⓘ
followedBy STS-110 ⓘ
HSTServicingNumber 4 ⓘ
inclination 28.5 degrees ⓘ
instrumentInstalled Advanced Camera for Surveys ⓘ
NICMOS cryocooler ⓘ
landingDate 2002-03-12 ⓘ
landingSite Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility ⓘ
launchDate 2002-03-01 ⓘ
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A ⓘ
launchVehicle Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ
missionDuration 10 days 22 hours 11 minutes ⓘ
missionNumber Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 3B ⓘ
missionSpecialist James H. Newman ⓘ
John M. Grunsfeld ⓘ
Michael J. Massimino ⓘ
Nancy J. Currie ⓘ
Richard M. Linnehan ⓘ
missionType Hubble Space Telescope servicing and upgrade ⓘ
notable last successful mission of Space Shuttle Columbia before STS-107 ⓘ
objective enhance scientific capabilities of Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
extend operational life of Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
orbitRegime Low Earth orbit ⓘ
orbitsCompleted 165 ⓘ
pilot Duane G. Carey ⓘ
precededBy STS-108 ⓘ
primaryTarget Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
program NASA Space Shuttle program ⓘ
surface form: Space Shuttle program
spaceAgency NASA ⓘ
spacecraft OV-102 Columbia ⓘ
spaceShuttle Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ
totalEVATime 35 hours 55 minutes ⓘ
year 2002 ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

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

Hubble Space Telescope → servicingMission → STS-109 ⓘ
STS-107 → previousMissionOfOrbiter → STS-109 ⓘ
Faint Object Camera → removedDuringMission → STS-109 ⓘ
Faint Object Camera → removedDuringServicingMission → STS-109 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hubble Servicing Mission 3B
Faint Object Spectrograph → removedBy → STS-109 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission
Advanced Camera for Surveys → installedDuringMission → STS-109 ⓘ
Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR) → removedByMission → STS-109 ⓘ
subject surface form: COSTAR
Nancy J. Currie → spaceMission → STS-109 ⓘ
Scott D. Altman → spaceMission → STS-109 ⓘ
John M. Grunsfeld → participatedIn → STS-109 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle mission STS-109
Michael J. Massimino → participatedIn → STS-109 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle mission STS-109
Michael J. Massimino → missionSpecialistOn → STS-109 ⓘ
NICMOS cryocooler → installedDuring → STS-109 ⓘ
NICMOS cryocooler → installedBy → STS-109 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia crew of STS-109
Hubble Space Telescope solar arrays → secondReplacementMission → STS-109 ⓘ
this entity surface form: STS-109 (Servicing Mission 3B, 2002)
Hubble Servicing Mission 4 → precededBy → STS-109 ⓘ
Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 3B → alsoKnownAs → STS-109 ⓘ
Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 3B → missionNumber → STS-109 ⓘ
James H. Newman → spaceMission → STS-109 ⓘ
STS-108 → followedBy → STS-109 ⓘ
STS-110 → precededBy → STS-109 ⓘ
Richard M. Linnehan → participatedIn → STS-109 ⓘ