S103E5203 - STS-103 - EVA 1 - Grunsfeld and Smith during RSU changeout

The original finding aid described this as:

Description: STS-103 mission specialist John M. Grunsfeld (attached to a workstation on the RMS arm) and payload commander Steven L. Smith (free-floating) perform a changeout of the Rate Sensor Units (RSU) in one of the bays of -V3 plane of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). This repair was performed during the first of three extravehicular activities (EVAs) of the mission. Grunsfeld is distinguished by having no marks on his EMU and Smith is distinguished by the red strip on the pants of his EMU.

Subject Terms: ASTRONAUTS, EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY, GYROSCOPES, REPAIRING, HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE, STS-103, REMOTE MANIPULATOR SYSTEM, DISCOVERY (ORBITER)

Date Taken: 12/22/1999

Categories: EVA

Interior_Exterior: Exterior

Ground_Orbit: On-orbit

Original: Digital Still

Preservation File Format: TIFF

STS-103

eva grunsfeld smith rsu changeout nasa extravehicular activity hubble space telescope sts 103 discovery remote manipulator system sts 103 sts 103 mission specialist john tiff sts 103 three extravehicular activities emu rsu changeout payload commander steven rate sensor units mission rms arm v 3 plane astronauts satellite space space program

1999

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