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Astronauts Smith and Lee Install STIS During Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 2

Astronauts Smith and Lee Install STIS During Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 2
During the second servicing mission to Hubble Space Telescope, astronaut Steve Smith (on the robotic arm) guides the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) into position while Mark Lee assists. The installation took place during STS-82, the 22nd flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery, in February 1997.
  • Release Date
    February 28, 2017
  • Science Release
    The 20th Anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope’s STIS Instrument
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    NASA and ESA

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Mar 28, 2025
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Claire Andreoli
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
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