STS-82 Flight Day 03 Highlights

Abstract

The third day of the STS-82 mission begins with the crew, Commander Kenneth D. Bowersox, Pilot Scott J. Horowitz, Payload Commander Mark C. Lee, and Mission Specialists Gregory J. Harbaugh, Steven L. Smith, Joseph R. Tanner, and Steven A. Hawley successfully retrieving the Hubble Space Telescope. Hawley than lowers the 12-ton observatory onto the Flight Support System berthing platform in Discovery's cargo bay, where it is latched in place for servicing. The astronauts are then seen in the mid-deck preparing for the first of four spacewalks designed to service and upgrade the scientific capabilities of the Hubble Space Telescope.