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The Remote Manipulator Arm released Hubble - would they make it back in time
An astronaut aboard Discovery must use the shuttle’s robotic arm to lift the Hubble Telescope into space. Did they make it in time?
The Remote Manipulator Arm released Hubble - would they make it back in time
In this episode, we follow Steven Hawley from Kansas to the flight deck of Discovery as he prepares to use the shuttle’s Remote Manipulator System to deploy the Hubble Space Telescope. We lay out the mission’s stakes, the technical challenges, and the moments before the arm swings Hubble into orbit - but what happens after the release remains to be heard.
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