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Media Advisory m99-227a


Summary:

PREFLIGHT BRIEFINGS FOR HUBBLE SERVICING MISSION SET FOR NOV. 9

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PREFLIGHT BRIEFINGS FOR HUBBLE SERVICING MISSION SET FOR NOV. 9

Background briefings on the upcoming Space Shuttle mission to 
service the Hubble Space Telescope will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 
9.  The mission, designated STS-103, will mark the third visit of 
a Space Shuttle crew to Hubble and features four scheduled 
spacewalks by two teams of astronauts.  Each spacewalk will last 
approximately six hours as the astronauts install new gyroscopes, 
upgraded sensors, computers and recorders. The teams also will 
install a new transmitter, add voltage/temperature improvement 
kits for the telescope's batteries, and begin repair of the 
insulation on the telescope's outer surface, which has 
deteriorated during nine years in orbit.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  Dwayne Brown 
(Phone: 202/358-1726).
Contact at NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX:  Eileen Hawley 
(Phone: 281/483-5111).

NOTE TO EDITORS: N99-55


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