ASTRONAUTS FINISH PATCHING HUBBLE TELESCOPE'S COVER.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Astronauts took a fifth and final spacewalk Verb 1. spacewalk - move in space outside a space craft walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet" Monday night to fix the Hubble Space Telescope's torn insulating cover with bits of foil, wire, clips, plastic twists and parachute cord Parachute cord (also paracord or 550 cord) is a lightweight nylon kernmantle rope originally used in the suspension lines of US parachutes during World War II. Once in the field, paratroopers found this cord useful for many other tasks. . Mission Control added the spacewalk to shuttle Discovery's flight so Mark Lee and Steven Smith Stephen Smith, Steve Smith, or Steven Smith may refer to: In sports:
The crew discovered the damage last week while installing state-of-the-art scientific gear that will allow the telescope to look deeper into the universe. With the sort of ingenuity used on Apollo 13, the crew cobbled cob·ble 1 n. 1. A cobblestone. 2. Geology A rock fragment between 64 and 256 millimeters in diameter, especially one that has been naturally rounded. 3. cobbles See cob coal. tr. together the patches early Monday as Gregory Harbaugh and Joe Tanner installed the last of Hubble's replacement parts, and did a little mending, too. Working 375 miles above Earth, Harbaugh and Tanner covered two gaping holes near the top of the 43-foot telescope with pieces of Teflon-coated material 3 feet long and 1 foot wide. They attached the blankets, brought along to repair possible pinholes, to knobs and rails with wire and string. |
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