KSC-96EC-1372 - STS-82 Crew Members in VPF 


In KSCs Vertical Processing Facility, STS-82 crew members become
familiar with some of the hardware they will handle on the second
Hubble Space Telescope (HST) servicing mission. At far left center is
Payload Commander Mark C. Lee; Mission Specialist Joseph R. "Joe"
Tanner, in foreground, is facing sideways at far right. They and HST
workers at the VPF are examining parts of the Multipurpose ORU
(Orbital Replacement Unit) Protective Enclosure, known by the acronym
MOPE. Lee and Tanner, along with fellow Mission Specialists Gregory
J. Harbaugh and Steven L. Smith, will perform the spacewalks required
for servicing and repair of HST, which was deployed nearly seven years
ago and first serviced in 1993. STS-82 is targeted for a mid-February
liftoff on the Space Shuttle Discovery.

 
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