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Summary
The original finding aid described this as:
Description: Berthing latchs #B and #3 on the Flight Support System (FSS) after the docking of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST).
Subject Terms: LATCHES, DOCKING, HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE, STS-103, DISCOVERY (ORBITER)
Date Taken: 12/21/1999
Categories: Payload Bay
Interior_Exterior: Exterior
Ground_Orbit: On-orbit
Original: Digital Still
Preservation File Format: TIFF
STS-103
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Tags
fss
hubble space telescope
sts 103 discovery
nasa
payload bay
sts 103
tiff sts 103
flight support system
satellite
space
space program
Date
1999
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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