STS109-719-047 - STS-109 - EVA 2 - Thermal cover installation
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Description: Dark view of STS-109 mission specialist James Newman (free floating) as he installs a thermal cover on Bay 5 of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in preparation for the PCU changeout which would occurr on the next Extravehicular Activity (EVA). Mission Specialist Michael Massimino - standing on a foot restraint on the orbiter Columbia's Remote Manipulator System (RMS) arm end effector - is also visible at the base of the HST after installing the Reaction Wheel Assembly (RWA). An overexposed Earth limb forms the background. Photos were taken during the second of five Extravehicular Activities (EVAs) of the mission.
Subject Terms: Astronauts, Columbia (Orbiter), Extravehicular Activity, Hubble Space Telescope, Payload Bay, Remote Manipulator System, Repairing, STS-109
Date Taken: 3/5/2002
Categories: EVA
Interior_Exterior: Exterior
Ground_Orbit: On-orbit
Original: Film - 70MM CT
Preservation File Format: TIFF
feat: NON EARTHOBS,HUBBLE, EVA
nlat: -27.9
nlon: 58.7
azi: 280
alt: 310
elev: 31
STS-109
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