{"id":731,"date":"2012-03-01T16:38:19","date_gmt":"2012-03-01T16:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress65\/?p=731"},"modified":"2012-03-01T16:38:19","modified_gmt":"2012-03-01T16:38:19","slug":"space-history-today-fourth-hubble-servicing-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grayrinehart.com\/blog\/space-history-today-fourth-hubble-servicing-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Space History Today: Fourth Hubble Servicing Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ten years ago today &#8212; March 1, 2002 &#8212; the Space Shuttle <em>Columbia<\/em> launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the fourth servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflight.nasa.gov\/gallery\/images\/shuttle\/sts-109\/lores\/sts109-348-004.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>(The Hubble Space Telescope in the shuttle cargo bay for repairs and upgrades, with a background of sunrise &#8220;airglow&#8221; on Earth&#8217;s horizon. NASA image.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\nAstronauts Scott D. Altman, Duane G. Carey, John M. Grunsfeld, Nancy J. Currie, James H. Newman, Richard M. Linnehan, and Michael J. Massimino made up the crew of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/shuttle\/shuttlemissions\/archives\/sts-109.html\">STS-109<\/a>, and accomplished five spacewalks on this important mission.<\/p>\n<p>The crew<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>removed and replaced the telescope&#8217;s two solar arrays with new, higher-efficiency arrays<\/li>\n<li>installed a new Reaction Wheel Assembly<\/li>\n<li>replaced the Power Control Unit<\/li>\n<li>replaced Hubble&#8217;s Faint Object Camera with the Advanced Camera for Surveys<\/li>\n<li>installed the Electronic Support Module and a cryocooler and Cooling System Radiator for an experimental cooling system for the Near-Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nAll of us who have enjoyed Hubble&#8217;s images and discoveries through the years can appreciate the effort to maintain and improve it over its operational life. Well done!<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>For a little bonus space history, on the same day that <em>Columbia<\/em> launched, the European Space Agency launched <a href=\"http:\/\/nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov\/nmc\/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=2002-009A\">ENVISAT-1<\/a> on an Ariane-5 rocket out of Kourou. 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