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Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Hubble






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STS-82 crew portrait with ''More Power'' banner and Hubble shirts

by NASA

Published February 19, 1997


STS-82 crew portrait with ''More Power'' banner and Hubble picture shirts. Front, from left, Mission Specialist Joe Tanner, Payload Commander Mark Lee, Commander Ken Bowersox, Mission Specialist Greg Harbaugh. Back, from left, Mission Specialists Steve Hawley, Steve Smith and Pilot Scott Horowitz. Harbaugh and Tanner hold Pistol Grip Tools (PGT). This view was taken with an electronic still camera.










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Springfield! Springfield!


Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)


There goes your ride home.
Awesome!
Totally awesome!
(SCREAMING)
All right, Hamilton.
(GOODBYE, GOODBYE PLAYING)
Oh, l know something
About the ways of loving
But I could tell you, baby
That something's wrong
Look to the sky above
and the mud below
Something's driving me crazy
Got to got to get away
Bye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
goodbye, goodbye, goodbye










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AZ

OINGO BOINGO

"Goodbye-Goodbye"

Oh, I know something
About the ways of loving
And I tell you, baby,
That something's wrong
Look to the sky above and the mud below
Something drives me crazy; got to, got to get away

Goodbye

Without a doubt, I'm telling you I'm burnt out
My tank is running on empty for far too long
Whoa! I need fuel, 'cause I'm getting so low
Something drives me crazy; got to, got to get away

Goodbye

I need fuel, just the kind you give me
Makes me feel so bad

I can't believe
I'm still around
It's getting kinda late
Gonna leave
For a change of scenery
I'm going crazy
It's not the same
Since you've been around

I'm crazy, so crazy
You treat me like a dirty clown
You're always kickin' my dog around
I never get nothin' but constant abuse from you
You couldn't care less what I think
Or my point of view

You're always puttin' the make on my friends
Always giving them eyes and the dirty lies
'Bout you and me; well, I'm through
It's the end of the line for you, babe
Here's a ticket: One-way, Cincinnati
I'm sendin' you home to your ma and your daddy
So don't try to call me; you'll only be wastin' your
Time!

Oh, I know something
About the ways of loving
And I tell you, baby,
That something's wrong
Look to the sky above and the mud below
Something drives me crazy; got to, got to get away

Goodbye










http://articles.latimes.com/1997-02-19/news/mn-30266_1_hubble-telescope-astronauts

Los Angeles Times


Astronauts Complete Hubble Telescope Repair Work

February 19, 1997 Associated Press

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, Texas — After 33 hours of spacewalking, astronauts completed their tuneup of the Hubble Space Telescope, along with some last-minute repairs to its sun-blistered skin Tuesday.

All that remained was Hubble's release from space shuttle Discovery early today for three more years of uninterrupted viewing of the cosmos.

"Externally, I have to say it's not quite as beautiful as we left it three years ago," Mission Control's Jeffrey Hoffman told the crew of Discovery. "But we all know that beauty is only skin deep and the real guts of the Hubble are even better now because of the great work that you guys have done."

Astronauts Mark Lee and Steven Smith ended the fifth and final spacewalk of the $795-million servicing mission with repairs to Hubble's peeling thermal insulation, the result of seven years of sun exposure.

The pilots raised Hubble into a higher orbit to offset the telescope's natural decline in altitude until the astronauts' next visit in late 1999. Hubble's new orbit is 375 miles to 385 miles high, almost 10 miles higher than before.

It will be two to three months before the National Aeronautics and Space Administration knows whether the two new science instruments on the $2-billion telescope are working.

Lee, Smith, Gregory Harbaugh and Joe Tanner installed 11 major Hubble components, valued at nearly $300 million, during four consecutive nights of spacewalking.










http://articles.latimes.com/1997-02-20/news/mn-30698_1_space-telescope

Los Angeles Times


Shuttle Crew Toasts Telescope's Release

February 20, 1997 From Times Wire Services

HOUSTON — As a stronger, smarter Hubble Space Telescope drifted farther away Wednesday, the shuttle Discovery's astronauts couldn't wait to get back home Friday to celebrate their service mission.

"I'll buy for the whole crew, and they're going to take me up on that," chief spacewalker Mark Lee said as his six crew mates cheered. "Up here, we've got some orange mango drink and some lemonade, but that's about as stiff as it gets. So I'm ready for a margarita."

Discovery is scheduled for a rare nighttime landing at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The $2-billion Hubble observatory, anchored for nearly a week in the shuttle's open cargo bay, was set free to rousing music after being modernized and repaired in five wearying spacewalks, conducted one night after another.

"It's been sitting in the mother's nest in the shuttle quite comfortable, and now our little baby's out on its own," said NASA's chief Hubble scientist, Ed Weiler.

The orbiting Hubble will undergo an eight- to 10-week checkout by ground controllers before it can start gazing deeper into the universe with its new infrared eyes and two-dimensional imaging sensors.

"These are all instruments built in 1990s with today's technology and far surpass anything we have on the old space telescope," Weiler said. "We just don't know what we're going to see with these new instruments."

The first images are to be released in May.

"Thanks to you . . . the window on the universe is about to be open just a little bit more," NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin told the crew.

Hubble and Discovery parted company 385 miles above Africa's western coast, the highest orbit ever for the telescope thanks to a gradual, gentle lift on the shuttle.

It was the second service call to the Hubble, which was put in orbit in 1990.

In 1993, spacewalking astronauts fixed the Hubble's blurred vision, caused by a defective mirror.

The latest mission was nearly flawless.

"From my viewpoint, we did more than we set out to do," John Campbell, a Hubble manager, said. "I'd say we're 110% successful."

One big surprise was peeling insulation on Hubble's sun-drenched side.

The astronauts covered the six gaping holes with jury-rigged patches during their fifth spacewalk, added specifically to repair the insulation.

In 1999, astronauts will return to equip Hubble with a new camera, computer, thermal insulation and solar wings. NASA hopes to keep operating Hubble until at least 2005.



- posted by H.V.O.M - Kerry Wayne Burgess 4:20 PM Pacific Time Spokane Valley Washington USA Wednesday 26 October 2016