Astronauts Perform Upgrades on Hubble (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Astronauts Perform Upgrades on Hubble

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A team of astronauts perform upgrades on the telescope during a spacewalk in the 2002 servicing mission. One astronaut uses a handrail (left) to hold onto Hubble while the other is attached to the shuttle's robotic arm by a foot restraint (right).

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