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Astronauts Install STIS During Second Hubble Servicing Mission

Astronaut Steve Smith carefully removes STIS from the protective enclosure that carried it into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. CreditsNASA and ESA

Date
Jan 1, 2017
Mission
Hubble Space Telescope
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hubblesite-images-2017-06-3984-image
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Astronaut Steve Smith carefully removes STIS from the protective enclosure that carried it into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery.

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NASA and ESA

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