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Hubble Space Shuttle Missions

A select set of photos from the space shuttle missions that deployed and serviced the Hubble Space Telescope.

Astronauts John M. Grunsfeld, STS-109 payload commander, works in tandem with astronaut Richard M. Linnehan, mission specialist, as the two...
Two astronauts install a new solar panel on Hubble, one of them is unfolding it.
With his feet secured on a platform connected to the Remote Manipulator System (RMS) robotic arm of the Space Shuttle...
One astronauts hand some telescope hardware to another in the cargo bay.
Astronaut John M. Grunsfeld, STS-109 payload commander, participates in the third of five spacewalks to perform work on the Hubble...
An astronaut holds a specialized pair of pliers used to couple/decouple electrical connectors to a power control unit.
Astronauts James H. Newman and Michael J. Massimino participate in the fourth extravehicular activity (EVA) of the STS-109 mission. The...
Two astronauts removing an instrument from the bottom of Hubble.
Astronaut Nancy J. Currie, mission specialist, works the controls for Columbia's Remote Manipulator System (RMS) on the crew cabin's aft...
An astronaut floats on the flight deck, her feet anchored, as she works the controls for the robotic arm.
Astronauts John M. Grunsfeld (right) and Richard M. Linnehan, STS-109 payload commander and mission specialist, respectively, are photographed near the...
Two astronauts float in the cargo bay in bright sunlight.
An STS-125 crew member aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis snapped a still photo of the Hubble Space Telescope following grapple of...
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) transitions back to its normal observing routine after a week of servicing and upgrading by...
On the Space Shuttle Columbia’s middeck, the crew members of the March, 2002, Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission, STS-109, pose...
The STS-109 crew poses for a photo in front of an American flag in the crew cabin of the shuttle.
Scott D. Altman, STS-109 mission commander, sleeps on the flight deck of the Space Shuttle Columbia.
An astronaut sleeps on the space shuttle
Backdropped by the horizon of Earth and the blackness of space, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) floats gracefully after the...
Hubble Space Telescope in space with Earth in the background.
Looking westward, one of the STS-109 crew members photographed the newly serviced and upgraded Hubble Space Telescope (HST) as it...
Space Shuttle Atlantis and its seven-member STS-125 crew head toward Earth orbit and rendezvous with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Liftoff...
The shuttle at the top of the tower during launch with flames shooting out its main engines and solid rocket motors.
STS-125 Mission Specialist 2 (MS2) Megan McArthur poses for a photo on the shuttle aft flight deck during Flight Day...
An astronaut looks at the camera while at her station working the robotic arm.
STS-125 MS3 Grunsfeld during EVA1
An astronaut getting his photo taken with the earth and the astronaut with the camera in the reflection of his visor.
STS-125 Mission Specialist 4 (MS4) Mike Massimino (left, inside Hubble) and MS1 Michael Good (center) work to remove and replace...
Two astronauts work on changing out Rate Sensor Units - boxes that hold two gyroscopes - in the aft shroud (bottom) of Hubble.
STS-125 Mission Specialist 5 (MS5) Andrew Feustel (right) and MS3 John Grunsfeld look out an aft flight deck window during...
Two astronauts inside the flight deck monitor through the windows and communicate to the astronauts conducting a spacewalk.
STS-125 Mission Specialist 1 (MS1) Michael Good, positioned on a foot restraint on the end of Space Shuttle Atlantis' Remote...
An astronaut is moved on the end of a shuttle robotic arm in the cargo bay with numerous tools attached while another works lower right. Hubble and the earth are in the background.
STS-125 Mission Specialist 3 (MS3) John Grunsfeld, positioned on a foot restraint on the end of Atlantis' Remote Manipulator System...
An astronaut silhouetted against the earth with a second astronaut upside down near a cargo bay carrier.
A STS-125 crewmember aboard the space shuttle Atlantis captured this still image of the Hubble Space Telescope as the two...
Hubble Space Telescope against the blackness of space
The Space Shuttle Atlantis' Remote Manipulator System robotic arm lifts the Hubble Space Telescope from the cargo bay and is...
STS-125 crew members pose for a crew portrait in front of an American flag on Atlantis' middeck. From left to...
STS-125 crew poses in front of an American flag in the crew cabin of the shuttle.
A STS-125 crew member aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis captured this still image of the Hubble Space Telescope as the...
Hubble orbiting above Earth. Hubble is at the center of the image against a black background. Earth's limb covers the bottom, right third of the image.
Space Shuttle Atlantis touches down on Runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base in California, ending the STS-125 mission to...
The Shuttle landing - the back wheels touching down.