... At 1:41 EST on Wednesday, February 19, the crew of the SpaceShuttleDiscovery released the Hubble Space Telescope from the orbiter so that it might orbit free once again. ...
... As I reported back in February, the SpaceShuttleDiscovery installed new instruments on board the Hubble Space Telescope The two cameras, named NICMOS (for Near Infrared Camera and Multiobject Spectrometer) and STIS (for Space Telescope Imagine ...
... At 833:51 a.m. Eastern (US) time on April 24 th , 1990, the SpaceShuttleDiscovery lifted off the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center and minutes later was in orbit. ...
... He holds seven degrees (including a doctorate in medicine), and has been on six Shuttle flights, including the first Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission. ...