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Hubble After Servicing Mission 2 (1997)

Hubble After Servicing Mission 2 (1997)
The Hubble Space Telescope hovers at the boundary of Earth and space in this picture, taken after Hubble's second servicing mission (SM2, STS-82) in 1997. Hubble drifts 343 miles (552 km) above the Earth's surface, where it can avoid the atmosphere and clearly see objects in space.
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    February 19, 1997

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