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March 2002, space shuttle Columbia STS-109 commander Scott Altman photographed in the orbiter cockpit during the 4th HST - Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission. Note astronaut Altman was wearing his personal Rolex GMT-master Rootbeer pilotwatch next to the NASA ActiWatch. The latter was a waterproof, non-intrusive sleep-wake monitor which contained an accelerometer and photodiode in order to record the activity of the crewmembers, and the ambient light they experienced. (Photo: NASA)

STS-109 was a Hubble Space Telescope Servicing mission. After grasping the telescope and pulling it into the payload bay, the spacewalkers, assisted by Mission Specialist Nancy Jane Currie operating the shuttle's robotic arm, installed new and improved equipment that gave the telescope more power, a new module to dispense the power, and a cameral able to see twice as much area, with more speed and clarity. They also installed an experimental cooling system in hope of restoring life to the Near-Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer.

Space Shuttle Columbia in preparation for STS-109, February 2002

Запуск колумбии (STS-109)