NASA Photo ID: STS061(E)012        File Name: 10093046.jpg
  Film Type: 35mm BW                 Date Taken: 12/05/93
  Title: Astronauts Thornton & Akers on HST photographed by Electronic Still Camera
  Description:
  This view of Astronauts Kathryn C. Thornton (top) and Thomas D. Akers
  working on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) was photographed by an
  Electronic Still Camera (ESC), and downlinked to ground controllers soon
  afterward. Thornton, anchored to the end of the Remote Manipulator System
  (RMS) arm, is teaming with Akers to install the +V2 Solar Array Panel as a
  replacement for the original one removed earlier. Akers uses tethers and a
  foot restraint to remain in position for the task. Electronic still
  photography is a technology which provides the means for a handheld camera
  to electronically capture and digitize an image with resolution approaching
  film quality.
  Subject terms:
  ASTRONAUTS                              
  ELECTRONIC STILL CAMERA                 
  HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE                  
  PHOTOGRAPHY                             
  REMOTE MANIPULATOR SYSTEM               
  REPAIRING                               
  SOLAR ARRAYS                            
  STS-61                                  
  

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