In Columbia's cargo bay, astronaut John M. Grunsfeld (foreground), payload commander, signals to a crewmate inside the crew cabin. He had just raised his helmet visor's sun shield. Astronauts Grunsfeld and Richard M. Linnehan (out of frame), mission specialist, participating in the first of their assigned STS-109 space walks to perform work on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), went on to replace the giant telescope’s starboard solar array. Their seven-hour space walk ended at 7:38 a.m. (CST) or 13:38 GMT March 4, 2002.
Information
Taken in
Space
Author
NASA
Description
In Columbia's cargo bay, astronaut John M. Grunsfeld (foreground), payload commander, signals to a crewmate inside the crew cabin. He had just raised his helmet visor's sun shield. Astronauts Grunsfeld and Richard M. Linnehan (out of frame), mission specialist, participating in the first of their assigned STS-109 space walks to perform work on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), went on to replace the giant telescope’s starboard solar array. Their seven-hour space walk ended at 7:38 a.m. (CST) or 13:38 GMT March 4, 2002.