Tribute to NASA Astronaut Kathryn Thornton | Hubble Servicing Mission#1

Tribute to NASA Astronaut Kathryn Thornton | Hubble Servicing Mission#1

STS-61 was NASA's first Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission, and the fifth flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. On her third spaceflight, Dr. Kathryn Thornton was a mission specialist extravehicular activity (EVA) crew member aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on the STS61 Hubble Space Telescope (HST) servicing and repair mission. STS-61 launched at night from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on December 2, 1993. 

During the 11-day flight, the HST was captured and restored to full capacity through a record five space walks by four astronauts. After having traveled 4,433,772 miles in 163 orbits of the Earth, the crew of Endeavour returned to a night landing at the Kennedy Space Center on December 13, 1993.

Astronaut Kathryn Thornton Official NASA Biography:

https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/thornton_kathryn.pdf

Image Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Image Dates: Jan. 23, 1990 - Dec. 8, 1993

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