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STS-109

STS-109 was Space Shuttle Columbia's Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 3B. The crew retrieved and redeployed Hubble with the Shuttle robotic arm, installed new solar arrays, a new Power Control Unit, the Advanced Camera for Surveys, a reaction wheel assembly, and cooling hardware for NICMOS, and completed five consecutive days of spacewalks by Grunsfeld, Linnehan, Newman, and Massimino.

STS-109
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Columbia STS-109Hubble Servicing Mission 3BHST Servicing Mission 3BSM3BAdvanced Camera for Surveys InstallationSTS 109
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STS-109
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STS-109 was Space Shuttle Columbia's Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 3B. The crew retrieved and redeployed Hubble with the Shuttle robotic arm, installed new solar arrays, a new Power Control Unit, the Advanced Camera for Surveys, a reaction wheel assembly, and cooling hardware for NICMOS, and completed five consecutive days of spacewalks by Grunsfeld, Linnehan, Newman, and Massimino.
End Date
2002-03-12
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Outcome
Successfully completed Hubble Servicing Mission 3B, installing third-generation solar arrays, a new Power Control Unit, Advanced Camera for Surveys, reaction-wheel and NICMOS cooling hardware during five EVAs totaling a then-record 35 hours 55 minutes.
Program
Space Shuttle program
Start Date
2002-03-01
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April 26, 2026 at 16:15:25 UTC
Updated Time
July 17, 2026 at 01:40:14 UTC

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