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STS-109 Hubble Servicing Mission 3B

Low Earth orbit

NASA's Servicing Mission 3B, flown on space shuttle Columbia as STS-109, was the fourth visit to the Hubble Space Telescope and lasted 12 days with five spacewalks.

Key moments

  1. Servicing Mission 3 split into 3A and 3B

    Watch this moment · 0:00

  2. Spacesuit water found during suit-up

    Watch this moment · 0:30

  3. Columbia lifts off for Hubble

    Watch this moment · 2:31

  4. New rigid solar arrays installed

    Watch this moment · 3:12

  5. Power control unit replacement requires full Hubble shutdown

    Watch this moment · 3:33

  6. Crew resizes another suit after Grunsfeld's suit takes on water

    Watch this moment · 4:12

  7. Advanced Camera for Surveys installed

    Watch this moment · 4:56

  8. NICMOS revived with a cryocooler

    Watch this moment · 5:11
Play video: STS-109: Columbia’s Hubble Upgrade and the Leaking Spacesuit, 6:08

Photo: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Public domain

Key facts
VehicleHubble Space Telescope, Space Shuttle
Mission nameSTS-109 Hubble Servicing Mission 3B
CrewScott Altman, Duane Carey, John M. Grunsfeld, Nancy Currie, James H. Newman, Richard M. Linnehan, Michael J. Massimino
Crew size7
Duration12 days
OutcomeSuccess

Videos about this mission

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  1. STS-109: Columbia’s Hubble Upgrade and the Leaking Spacesuit

    NASA Goddard
Play video: STS-109: Columbia’s Hubble Upgrade and the Leaking Spacesuit

STS-109: Columbia’s Hubble Upgrade and the Leaking Spacesuit

NASA Goddard

Duration 6:08

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Dates are when each video was first published on YouTube.

Sources: The facts and written text on this page come from the 1 video on this page, by NASA Goddard.

Related missions

Same program: Space Shuttle

Same vehicle: Hubble Space Telescope

Same destination: Low Earth orbit