Model Aircrafts and Ships

February 11, 1997 – Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.

STS-82 Mission

The STS-82 was a mission of the US Space Shuttle. It was the second in a series of planned servicing mission to the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The mission used the Space Shuttle Discovery. And the mission had duration of 9 days, 23 hours, 38 minutes, and 09 seconds.

NASA: Space Shuttle Discovery

Space Shuttle Discovery has an Orbiter Vehicle Designation of OV-123. It was one of the three currently operational spacecraft of NASA. It was the third operational orbiter and now the oldest orbiter in the service. It was used on a lot of missions, one of which was the STS-31 on the 24^th of April 1990. It launched the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The duration of the mission was 5 days, 01 hours, 16 minutes, and 06 seconds.

The Hubble Space Telescope was a telescope in orbit around the world. It was named after Edwin Hubble, a known American astronomer. It became one of the most important instruments in the history of astronomy.

Space Shuttle Discovery

The HST was placed on orbit by the Space Shuttle Discovery on the 24^th of April 1990 through STS-31 mission. The Space Shuttle Endeavour was the use in the first servicing mission known as the STS-61. The services performed on the telescope significantly helped upgrade the scientific capabilities of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST).

Space Shuttle Endeavour

The STS-82 crews are:

Kenneth D. Bowersox - Commander
Scott J. Horowitz - Pilot
Mark C. Lee - Mission Specialist
Steven A. Hawley - Mission Specialist
Gregory J. Harbaugh - Mission Specialist
Steven L. Smith - Mission Specialist
Joseph R. Tanner - Mission Specialist