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IMAGE 1000_99\46.Lbm,The crew patch for STS-31 features the Hubble space telescope (HST) and stylistic depiction of galaxies, in recognition of Edwin Hubble, who pioneered the study of galaxies.
IMAGE 1000_99\47.Lbm,The crew on STS-31 pose against a starry background. They are, from the left: Charles Bolden, Steven Hawley, Loren Shriver, Bruce McCandless and Kathryn Sullivan.
IMAGE 1000_99\48.Lbm,Kathryn Sullivan snapped this dramatic view of the 39B (foreground) and 39A launch pads at the Kennedy Space Center while on a training flight for the STS-31 mission. It is two days before the scheduled lift-off in Discovery, seen in position on pad 39B.
IMAGE 1000_99\49.Lbm,Carrying the HST and a crew of five, Discovery heads for space on the morning of April 24, 1990. (STS-31)
IMAGE 1000_99\50.Lbm,The controllers in the Kennedy launch control center begin to relax as Discovery streaks into the clouds on STS-31. Control is now being switched to mission control, Houston.
IMAGE 1000_99\52.Lbm,A fine view of the HST, still gripped by the RMS arm. Its antennas and solar panels are not yet deployed. (STS-31)
IMAGE 1000_99\53.Lbm,Kathryn Sullivan gets kitted up in a spacesuit just in case problems arise during HST deployment. (STS-31)
IMAGE 1000_99\54.Lbm,The HST behaves itself and unfurls its solar arrays and deploys its antennas on command. (STS-31)
IMAGE 1000_99\55.Lbm,Bruce McCandless climbs out of his spacesuit, as does Kathryn Sullivan (out of the picture), when their services are not required during HST deployment. (STS-31)
IMAGE 1000_99\56.Lbm,A happy STS-31 crew announces that the 'HST is open for business' after successful deployment of the telescope. They are, from the left, Charles Bolden, Loren Shriver, Kathryn Sullivan, Bruce McCandless and Steven Hawley.
IMAGE 1000_99\57.Lbm,Discovery swoops at a steep angle in to land after another successful mission. (STS-31)
