Shuttle Remote Manipulator System,
STS-103 Hubble Repair Mission
Space Shuttle flight STS-103, the third Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission
is designed to upgrade the 9-year old observatory and replace worn parts. The mission
will include four EVA days in which the Canadian built remote manipulator arm will
be used extensively.
The Canadarm will also be used to capture Hubble, berth and release Hubble.
Photos and flight simulations courtesy of NASA.
Press Release 15/12/1999
Movie files are not physically embedded in the PDF document. Thay will be downloaded
when you launch the link from the PDF. The movies are in three different formats,
Quick Time *.qt, Quick Time Movie *.mov, and MPEG *.mpeg.
Mission Highlights (PDF)
RMS Specifics (PDF)
Mission Objectives (PDF)
RMS Objectives (PDF)
Hubble Background (PDF)
Payloads (PDF) Movies: qt (195kb); qt (207kb); mov (308kb)
Mission Timeline (PDF)
Hubble Rendezvous (PDF) Movies: mpeg (1,295kb)
Extravehicular Activity (PDF)
EVA Day 1 (PDF) Movies: mpeg (1,489kb); mov (416kb); mov (549kb)
EVA Day 2 (PDF) Movies: mov (371kb); mov (625kb)
EVA Day 3 (PDF) Movies: mov (549kb)
EVA Day 4 (PDF)
EVA Contingency (PDF)
Hubble Deployment (PDF) Movies: mpeg (1,221kb)
Crew (PDF)
The Full Pre-Flight Brief PDF (1,504kb)
Hubble Related Links:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/index.html
http://hubble.gsfc.nasa.gov/overview/
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