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Astronaut Bruce McCandless on Standby to Support Hubble Deployment

Astronaut Bruce McCandless in thermal wear inside space shuttle
Astronaut Bruce McCandless II, along with Astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan (out of frame), was in a standby mode to perform a spacewalk if needed to support Hubble Space Telescope (HST) deployment and post-deployment tasks on the STS-31 mission.

Astronaut Bruce McCandless II, along with Astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan (out of frame), was in a standby mode to perform a spacewalk if needed to support Hubble Space Telescope (HST) deployment and post-deployment tasks on the STS-31 mission. None was needed. Attired in thermal undergarment, McCandless works his way out of the bottom portion of the extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) on the middeck.

Image Credit: NASA