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Description: Astronauts James H. Newman and Michael J. Massimino remove the Faint Object Camera (FOC) to make space for the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Also visible is the remote manipulator arm and cargo bay of the Space Shuttle Colombia. Photograph was taken by an unidentified member of the shuttle crew from within the orbiter. This spacewalk was held on 7 March 2002 as part of HST Servicing Mission 3B (STS-109). Taken from the NASA Human Spaceflight gallery at http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/ .
Title: ACS FOC swap
Credit: NASA http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-109/html/s109e5485.html Transfered from en.wikipedia Transfer was stated to be made by User:TheDJ.
Author: NASA Original uploader was Modest Genius at en.wikipedia
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