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Preping a Fine Guidance Sensor for Return to Earth (1999)

Astronauts C. Michael Foale, left, and Claude Nicollier (on Discovery's robotic arm) install one of Hubble's three Fine Guidance Sensors (FGS) into a protective enclosure in the Shuttle's payload bay while orbiting above ocean and clouds. CreditsNASA

Date
Apr 24, 1990
Mission
Hubble Space Telescope
Archive ID
hubblesite-images-4533-image
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Astronauts C. Michael Foale, left, and Claude Nicollier (on Discovery's robotic arm) install one of Hubble's three Fine Guidance Sensors (FGS) into a protective enclosure in the Shuttle's payload bay while orbiting above ocean and clouds.

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