File:STS-31 Hubble Space Telescope (HST) drifts away from Discovery's RMS.jpg

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STS-31 Hubble Space Telescope (HST) drifts away from Discovery's RMS

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English: STS031-76-039 - Hubble Space Telescope (HST), with its solar array (SA) wings and high gain antennae (HGA) fully extended,is released from Discovery's, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103's, remote manipulator system (RMS) end effector and is set free into Earth orbit by the STS-31 crew. HST drifts away from the end effector over the Andes Mountains.Parts of Bolivia, Peru, Chile, and Argentina are visible. The view covers a huge area of the western half of South America stretching from 14 degrees south latitude to 23 degrees, about 1,000 kilometers.
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Source NASA Image and Video Library JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photgraphy of Earth
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Camera location20° 18′ 00″ S, 66° 06′ 00″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
This image or video was catalogued by Johnson Space Center of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: s31-76-039 and Alternate ID: STS031-76-039.

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