STS-61 Space Shuttle Endeavour Returns Home | Hubble Servicing Mission

Описание: Space Shuttle Endeavour returns to Earth after the successful STS-61 mission, the first servicing flight to the Hubble Space Telescope. Following a series of challenging spacewalks to repair and upgrade Hubble’s optics and systems, the crew safely landed at Kennedy Space Center on December 13, 1993. This video captures the historic conclusion to one of NASA’s most important shuttle missions.

Endeavour STS-61 Astronaut Crew:
Commander: Dick Covey
Pilot: Ken Bowersox
Mission Specialist 1: Kathryn Thornton
Mission Specialist 2: Claude Nicollier
Mission Specialist 3: Jeff Hoffman
Mission Specialist 4: Story Musgrave
Mission Specialist 5: Tom Akers

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