Flyaround of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) on Flight Day 9 of the second servicing mission (HST SM-02). The telescope is about to be released from the Remote Manipulator System (RMS) end effector (001-3). The released telescope is backed by the blackness of space (004-15). The telescope over the Earth limb (016-24). Telescope backdropped by the Earth (025-36).
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NASA
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Flyaround of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) on Flight Day 9 of the second servicing mission (HST SM-02). The telescope is about to be released from the Remote Manipulator System (RMS) end effector (001-3). The released telescope is backed by the blackness of space (004-15). The telescope over the Earth limb (016-24). Telescope backdropped by the Earth (025-36).