Location
Radisson Resort at the Port, Convention Center, Martinique Room
Start Date
1-5-2001 2:00 PM
Description
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope (HST) was designed for regular servicing by Space Shuttle astronauts performing extravehicular activities (EVAs), or spacewalks, to maintain, repair, and upgrade the telescope. Through three successful servicing missions to date, EVA processes have been developed by applying a series of important lessons learned. These lessons learned are also applicable to many other future human spaceflight and robotic missions, such as International Space Station, satellite retrieval and servicing, and long-duration spaceflight. HST has become NASA’s pathfinder for observatories, EVA development, and EVA mission execution.
Paper Session I-C - Extravehicular Activity Lessons Learned from Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Missions
Radisson Resort at the Port, Convention Center, Martinique Room
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope (HST) was designed for regular servicing by Space Shuttle astronauts performing extravehicular activities (EVAs), or spacewalks, to maintain, repair, and upgrade the telescope. Through three successful servicing missions to date, EVA processes have been developed by applying a series of important lessons learned. These lessons learned are also applicable to many other future human spaceflight and robotic missions, such as International Space Station, satellite retrieval and servicing, and long-duration spaceflight. HST has become NASA’s pathfinder for observatories, EVA development, and EVA mission execution.
Comments
Session Chair: Thomas Devlin, Vice President Educational and International Projects, Jackson & Tull
Session Organizer: Wayne Beaulieu, AF/JPMO