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{{Infobox Space mission  
 
{{Infobox Space mission  
 
| mission_name = STS-217
 
| mission_name = STS-217
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| insignia    = Shuttle Patch.svg
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| insignia    = STS-217.png
 
| shuttle      = Horizon
 
| shuttle      = Horizon
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| launch_pad  = [[Wikipedia:Kennedy Space Center|Kennedy]] [[Wikipedia:Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39|LC-39C]]
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| launch_pad  = [[Wikipedia:Kennedy Space Center|Kennedy]] [[Wikipedia:Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39|LC-39D]]
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| launch      = 12 April, 2017
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| launch      = 25 April, 2017
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| landing      =  
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| landing      = 9 May, 2017 <!--One day extension due to weather (to allow one final song). Originally 8 May-->
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| landing_site = [[Wikipedia:Edwards Air Force Base|Edwards]] Runway 22L
 
| duration    =  
 
| duration    =  
 
| altitude    = 600 kilometers (373 miles)
 
| altitude    = 600 kilometers (373 miles)
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| crew_photo  =  
 
| crew_photo  =  
 
| crew_caption =  
 
| crew_caption =  
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| previous    = [[STS-216]] [[Image:Shuttle Patch.svg |35px|STS-216]]
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| previous    = [[List of space shuttle missions|STS-216]] [[Image:Shuttle Patch.svg |35px|STS-216]]
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| next        = [[STS-218]] [[Image:Shuttle Patch.svg |35px|STS-218]]
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| next        = [[List of space shuttle missions|STS-218]] [[Image:Shuttle Patch.svg |35px|STS-218]]
 
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'''STS-217''', or '''HST-SM5''' ('''Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 5'''), was the sixth space shuttle servicing mission to the [[Wikipedia:Hubble Space Telescope|Hubble Space Telescope]] (HST).
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'''STS-217''', or '''HST-SM5''' ('''Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 5'''), was the sixth space shuttle servicing mission to the [[Wikipedia:Hubble Space Telescope|Hubble Space Telescope]] (HST) which was flown by [[Space Shuttle Horizon|Space Shuttle ''Horizon'']]. Launch occurred on 25 April, 2017 at 11:03 am EDT. Landing occurred successfully on 9 May, 2017 at 8:38 am PDT.
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The mission carried two new instruments to the Hubble Space Telescope, the [[Advanced Multi-Object Spectrometer]] and the [[Advanced Camera for Surveys 2]]. The mission also replaced the telescope's main computer, a [[Wikipedia:Fine Guidance Sensor|Fine Guidance Sensor]], four gyroscopes and two battery unit modules. The crew also installed new thermal insulation panels. In conjunction with [[List of space shuttle missions|STS-214]], which raised Hubble's orbit to 374 miles (601.9 km), the mission was intended to allow the telescope to continue operating until at least 2025.
 
==Crew==
 
==Crew==
 
{{Spaceflight crew
 
{{Spaceflight crew
 
|terminology      = Astronaut
 
|terminology      = Astronaut
 
|colwidth        = 220
 
|colwidth        = 220
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|position1        = Commander
 
|position1        = Commander
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|crew1_up        = Roger Mason
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|crew1_up        = [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|border|23px|United States]] Roger Mason<br /> ''(Raccoon)''
 
|flights1_up      = Fourth
 
|flights1_up      = Fourth
 
<!-- Raccoon -->
 
<!-- Raccoon -->
 
|position2        = Pilot
 
|position2        = Pilot
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|crew2_up        = Sarah Engels
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|crew2_up        = [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|border|23px|United States]] Sarah Engels<br /> ''(Maned wolf)''
 
|flights2_up      = Fourth
 
|flights2_up      = Fourth
 
<!-- Maned wolf -->
 
<!-- Maned wolf -->
 
|position3        = Mission Specialist 1
 
|position3        = Mission Specialist 1
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|crew3_up        = Sandra Harris
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|crew3_up        = [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|border|23px|United States]] [[Sandra Harris]]<br />''(Melanistic black-backed jackal)''
 
|flights3_up      = Second
 
|flights3_up      = Second
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|details3_up      = Lead spacewalker, EV1
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|details3_up      = EV3
 
<!-- Jackal -->
 
<!-- Jackal -->
 
|position4        = Mission Specialist 2
 
|position4        = Mission Specialist 2
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|crew4_up        = Yuma Tazuka
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|crew4_up        = [[Image:Flag of Japan.svg|border|23px|Japan]] Yuma Tazuka<br />''(Red Panda)''
 
|flights4_up      = Fourth
 
|flights4_up      = Fourth
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|details4_up      = EV3
 
 
<!-- Red Panda -->
 
<!-- Red Panda -->
 
|position5        = Mission Specialist 3
 
|position5        = Mission Specialist 3
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|crew5_up        = Ehud Shalom
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|crew5_up        = [[Image:Flag of Israel.svg|border|23px|Israel]] Ehud Shalom<br />''(Fennec)''
 
|flights5_up      = Third
 
|flights5_up      = Third
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|agency5_up      = [[Image:Flag of Israel.svg|border|22px|Israel]] [[Wikipedia:Israel|Israel]]
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|details5_up      = Lead spacewalker, EV1
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|details5_up      = EV3
 
 
<!-- Fennec -->
 
<!-- Fennec -->
 
|position6        = Mission Specialist 4
 
|position6        = Mission Specialist 4
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|crew6_up        = Sonya Alvarez
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|crew6_up        = [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|border|23px|United States]] Sonya Alvarez<br />''(Mexican Wolf)''
 
|flights6_up      = Third
 
|flights6_up      = Third
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|details6_up      = EV4
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|details6_up      = EV2
 
<!-- Mexican Wolf -->
 
<!-- Mexican Wolf -->
 
|position7        = Mission Specialist 5
 
|position7        = Mission Specialist 5
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|crew7_up        = Ricky L. Wilson
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|crew7_up        = [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|border|23px|United States]] Ricky L. Wilson<br />''(Leopard)''
 
|flights7_up      = First
 
|flights7_up      = First
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|details7_up      = EV2
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|details7_up      = EV4
 
<!-- Leopard -->
 
<!-- Leopard -->
 
}}
 
}}
  
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==Mission parameters==  
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==Mission history==
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Following [[Wikipedia:STS-125|STS-125]] and the subsequent retirement of the [[Wikipedia:NASA|NASA]] Space Shuttle fleet, no additional flights to the Hubble Telescope were planned. NASA's original end of mission plan for the telescope was to retrieve it using [[Wikipedia:Space Shuttle Columbia|Space Shuttle ''Columbia'']] during [[Wikipedia:Cancelled Space Shuttle missions#Canceled between 1988 and the Columbia disaster (2003)|STS-144]], however this plan was cancelled following the [[Wikipedia:Space Shuttle Columbia disaster|Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' disaster]].
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*'''Mass:'''
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:*'''Orbiter liftoff:''' 270,465 pounds (122,681 kg)
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The [[International Space Agency]] had originally planned to recover the telescope in a mission similar to STS-144, and plans were in work to use a modified Space Shuttle orbiter in order to return the telescope for display at the [[Wikipedia:National Air and Space Museum|National Air and Space Museum]] in [[Wikipedia:Washington, D.C.|Washington, D.C.]] or at the [[Wikipedia:Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex|Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex]]. Plans were finalized in 2014 for recovery using a modified version of the Flight Support Structure (FSS) designed to hold the telescope inside of the payload bay during repairs. The modified FSS would have been detachable and discarded, along with the solar arrays. Following a petition from scientists and technicians at the [[Wikipedia:Goddard Space Flight Center|Goddard Space Flight Center]], the [[Wikipedia:Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center|Johnson Space Center]] and the [[McGregor Space Center]], and due to the increasing complexity of the mission, the numerous modifications required to the Shuttle in order to allow for the mission, and due to safety concerns, ISA managers officially cancelled the Hubble Recovery Mission on August 23, 2014. The crew and Shuttle assigned to the mission were reassigned to STS-217, which was changed to become the fifth servicing flight to the telescope, and the first ISA flight to it in cooperation with NASA.
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:*'''Orbiter landing:''' 226,995 pounds (102,963 kg)
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* '''Perigee:''' 212 miles (341 km)  
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==Mission payload==
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* '''Apogee:''' 221 miles (356 km)   
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{| class="wikitable"
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* '''Inclination:''' 51.6&deg; 
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|-
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* '''Period:''' 92 min
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! Location
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* '''[[Wikipedia:Payload (air and space craft)|Primary payload]]:''' ''Michelangelo'' Multi-Purpose Logistics Module
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! Cargo
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* '''[[Wikipedia:Launch window|Launch window]]:''' 12 minutes
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! Mass
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* '''[[Wikipedia:Launch pad|Launch pad]]:''' SLC-1A
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|-
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* '''Mission duration:''' 13 days
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| Bays 1–2
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* '''Landing Site:''' [[Mid-Pacific Launch Center]] (MPLC)
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| Orbiter Docking System <br> EMUs 4008, 4012, 2018, 4022
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| 1,800 kilograms (4,000 lb) <br> ~480 kilograms (1,060 lb)
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|-
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| Bay 3P
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| Shuttle Power <br> Distribution Unit (SPDU)
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| ~17 kilograms (37 lb)
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|-
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| Bays 4–5
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| SLIC/COPE with <br> Advanced Camera for Surveys 2
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| 2,990 kilograms (6,590 lb)
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|-
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| Bays 7–8
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| ORUC AMOS/RSU/FGS <br> Advanced Multi-Object Spectrometer <br> Fine Guidance Sensor, Gyros
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| 3,339 kilograms (7,361 lb)
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|-
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| Bay 10P
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| GABA/MFR
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| ~50 kilograms (110 lb)
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|-
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| Bay 10P
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| GABA/PFR
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| ~50 kilograms (110 lb)
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|-
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| Bay 11
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| HST-FSS/BAPS <br> Berthing and Positioning Sys
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| 2,177 kilograms (4,799 lb)
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|-
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| Bay 12
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| MULE <br> RNS, NOBL blankets
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| 1,409 kilograms (3,106 lb)
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|-
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| Starboard Sill
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| Orbiter Boom Sensor System
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| ~382 kilograms (842 lb)
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|-
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| Port Sill
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| Canadarm
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| ~410 kilograms (900 lb)
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|-
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|
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| '''Total:'''
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| '''13,104 kilograms (28,889 lb)'''
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|}
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The mission replaced two instruments on Hubble with upgraded replacements. The first instrument, the Advanced Camera for Surveys 2 (ACS2), replaced the [[Wikipedia:Advanced Camera for Surveys|Advanced Camera for Surveys]] (ACS). ACS failed multiple times from 2006-2007 due to electrical system failures. Two of the instrument's channels were returned to service in 2009 following spacewalks performed on STS-125, but the High Resolution Channel (HRC) remained offline. ACS2 was designed as an advanced replacement, utilizing new electrical systems intended to be more reliable than those on ACS and using new sensors and filters to improve the resolution and sensitivity of the telescope. The second instrument, the Advanced Multi-Object Spectrometer (AMOS), replaced the [[Wikipedia:Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer|Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer]] (NICMOS). NICMOS failed in 2008 following multiple issues with the onboard cooling systems and was largely replaced by the [[Wikipedia:Wide Field Camera 3|Wide Field Camera 3]] (WFC3). Hubble was never originally designed for near-infrared operations and required onboard cooling systems specifically for NICMOS in order to compensate for the telescope's warm operating environment. The [[Wikipedia:James Webb Space Telescope|James Webb Space Telescope]] operates in infrared frequencies at much higher resolution than Hubble, which led designers to abandon IR features for AMOS. The new instrument uses multiple high resolution channels operating from near infrared to ultraviolet frequencies to study objects in unprecedented detail.
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The telescope's main hardware was upgraded by replacing a Fine Guidance Sensor which controls the positioning of the telescope, replacing 4 gyroscopes, replacing batteries, replacing the onboard computer system with a one based on the [[Wikipedia:RAD750|RAD750]] and installing new insulation blankets.
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==Shuttle processing==
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==Mission timeline==
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===25 April (Flight day 1, launch)===
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===26 April (Flight day 2)===
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===27 April (Flight day 3)===
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===28 April (Flight day 4)===
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===29 April (Flight day 5)===
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===30 April (Flight day 6)===
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===1 May (Flight day 7)===
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===2 May (Flight day 8)===
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===3 May (Flight day 9)===
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===4 May (Flight day 10)===
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[[File:SandrHarrisHubble.jpg|right|thumb|Sandra Harris poses for a photo with Hubble behind her on the flight deck shortly before redeployment of the telescope.]]
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===5 May (Flight day 11)===
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===6 May (Flight day 12)===
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===7 May (Flight day 13)===
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===8 May (Flight day 14)===
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===9 May (Flight day 15, landing)===
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==Extra-vehicular activity==
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{|class="wikitable"
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|-
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! style="width: 5em;" | EVA
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! Spacewalkers
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! Start (UTC)
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! End (UTC)
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! Duration
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|-
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| rowspan="2" | EVA 1
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| Ehud Shalom <br> Sonya Alvarez
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| 29 April 2017 <br> 15:52
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| 30 April 2017 <br> 00:29
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| 7 hours, 37 minutes
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|-
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| colspan="4" | Removed and replaced two of Hubble's gyroscope rate sensing units (RSUs). Removed and replaced the first of two battery unit modules.
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|-
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| rowspan="2" | EVA 2
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| Sandra Harris <br> Ricky L. Wilson
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| 30 April 2017 <br> 15:22
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| 30 April 2017 <br> 21:57
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| 6 hours, 35 minutes
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|-
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| colspan="4" | Replaced [[Wikipedia:Advanced Camera for Surveys|Advanced Camera for Surveys]] (ACS) with Advanced Camera for Surveys 2 and lubricated three of the shroud doors.
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|-
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| rowspan="2" | EVA 3
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| Ehud Shalom <br> Sonya Alvarez
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| 1 May 2017 <br> 15:52
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| 2 May 2017 <br> 00:39
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| 8 hours, 47 minutes
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|-
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| colspan="4" | Began removal of [[Wikipedia:Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer|NICMOS]] Cooling System (NCS), Electronics Support Module (ESM)  and external components and stowed them for return.
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|-
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| rowspan=2 | EVA 4
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| Sandra Harris <br> Ricky L. Wilson
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| 2 May 2017 <br> 14:45
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| 2 May 2017 <br> 22:40
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| 8 hours, 15 minutes
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|-
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| colspan="4" | Finished removal of NCS and ESM. Removed [[Wikipedia:Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer|NICMOS]] and replaced with the Advanced Multi-Object Spectrometer (AMOS).
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|-
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| rowspan="2" | EVA 5
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| Ehud Shalom <br> Sonya Alvarez
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| 3 May 2017 <br> 14:52
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| 3 May 2017 <br> 21:12
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| 6 hours, 20 minutes
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|-
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| colspan="4" | Replaced the New Advanced Computer with the Advanced Computer 2.
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|-
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| rowspan="2" | EVA 6
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| Sandra Harris <br> Ricky L. Wilson
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| 4 May 2017 <br> 15:10
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| 4 May 2017 <br> 22:42
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| 7 hours, 32 minutes
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|-
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| colspan="4" | Replaced second battery unit module, replaced [[Wikipedia:Fine Guidance Sensor|Fine Guidance Sensor]] No. 1, removed insulation panels from bays 1, 3 and 4 and replaced with three New Outer Blanket Layers (NOBLs).
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|}
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==Wake-up calls==
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A tradition for American manned spaceflights since the days of [[Wikipedia:Project Gemini|Gemini]], mission crews are played a special musical track at the start of each day in space. Each track is specially chosen, often by their families, and usually has a special meaning to an individual member of the crew, or is applicable to their daily activities.
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{| class="wikitable"
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|-
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! Flight Day
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! Song
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! Artist/Composer
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! Played for
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! Links
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|-
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| Day 2
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| "[[Wikipedia:Save Me, San Francisco (song)|Save Me, San Francisco]]"
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| [[Wikipedia:Train (band)|Train]]
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| Sarah Engels
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| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zftcZYdOl3Y WAV] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zftcZYdOl3Y MP3]</br> [http://lafayetteinc.com/blank/Not_here.txt TRANSCRIPT]
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|-
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| Day 3
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| "[[Wikipedia:Starman (song)|Starman]]"
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| [[Wikipedia:David Bowie|David Bowie]]
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| Roger Mason
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| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRcPA7Fzebw WAV] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRcPA7Fzebw MP3]</br> [http://lafayetteinc.com/blank/Not_here.txt TRANSCRIPT]
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| Day 3
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| "[[Wikipedia:Philadelphia Freedom (song)|Philadelphia Freedom]]"
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| [[Wikipedia:Elton John|Elton John]]
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| Roger Mason
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| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sd6P2Tu8rw WAV] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sd6P2Tu8rw MP3]</br> [http://lafayetteinc.com/blank/Not_here.txt TRANSCRIPT]-->
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|-
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| Day 4
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| "[[Wikipedia:Stacy's Mom|Stacy's Mom]]"
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| [[Wikipedia:Scott Bradlee#Postmodern Jukebox members|Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox]] ft. [[Wikipedia:Casey Abrams|Casey Abrams]]
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| Sonya Alvarez
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| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2kOj-GFN8k WAV] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2kOj-GFN8k MP3]</br> [http://lafayetteinc.com/blank/Not_here.txt TRANSCRIPT]
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|-
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| Day 5
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| "[[Wikipedia:Fly Me to the Moon|Fly Me to the Moon]]"
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| [[Wikipedia:Frank Sinatra|Frank Sinatra]]
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| Sandra Harris
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| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hxibHJOE5E WAV] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hxibHJOE5E MP3]</br> [http://lafayetteinc.com/blank/Not_here.txt TRANSCRIPT]
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| Day 5
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| "[[Wikipedia:All About Soul|All About Soul]]"
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| [[Wikipedia:Billy Joel|Billy Joel]]
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| Sandra Harris
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| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSvomXlbTUM WAV] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSvomXlbTUM MP3]</br> [http://lafayetteinc.com/blank/Not_here.txt TRANSCRIPT] -->
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|-
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| Day 6
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| "[[Wikipedia:Danger Zone (song)|Danger Zone]]"
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| [[Wikipedia:Kenny Loggins|Kenny Loggins]]
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| Ehud Shalom
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| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK0P1Bk8Cx4 WAV] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK0P1Bk8Cx4 MP3]</br> [http://lafayetteinc.com/blank/Not_here.txt TRANSCRIPT]
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|-
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| Day 7
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| "Theme from ''[[Wikipedia:FTL: Faster Than Light|FTL: Faster Than Light]]''"
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| [[Wikipedia:Ben Prunty|Ben Prunty]]
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| Ricky Wilson
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| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHDMqWMzBG8 WAV] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHDMqWMzBG8 MP3]</br> [http://lafayetteinc.com/blank/Not_here.txt TRANSCRIPT]
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| Day 7
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| "[[Wikipedia:Twelfth Street Rag|Twelfth Street Rag]]"
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| [[Wikipedia:Roy Clark|Roy Clark]]
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| Ricky Wilson
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| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXdXPzH6jPs WAV] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXdXPzH6jPs MP3]</br> [http://lafayetteinc.com/blank/Not_here.txt TRANSCRIPT] -->
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|-
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| Day 8
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| "[[Wikipedia:Pure Hank|Angels Are Hard to Find]]"
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| [[Wikipedia:Hank Williams, Jr.|Hank Williams, Jr.]]
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| Roger Mason
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| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy75TkJci5c WAV] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy75TkJci5c MP3]</br> [http://lafayetteinc.com/blank/Not_here.txt TRANSCRIPT]
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|-
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| Day 9
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| "[[Wikipedia:The Crystal Empire|The Success Song]]" <br> (From ''[[Wikipedia:My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'')
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| [[Wikipedia:Daniel Ingram|Daniel Ingram]]
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| Sandra Harris
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| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAjN_kz095I&t=16 WAV] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAjN_kz095I&t=16 MP3]</br> [http://lafayetteinc.com/blank/Not_here.txt TRANSCRIPT]
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|-
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| Day 10
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| "[[Wikipedia:Die Young (Kesha song)|Die Young]]"
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| [[Wikipedia:Kesha|Kesha]]
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| Yuma Tazuka
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| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PKNuZovuSw WAV] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PKNuZovuSw MP3]</br> [http://lafayetteinc.com/blank/Not_here.txt TRANSCRIPT]
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|-
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| Day 11
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| "[[Wikipedia:The U.S. Air Force (song)|The U.S. Air Force]]"
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| [[Wikipedia:United States Air Force Band|United States Air Force Band]]
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| Roger Mason, Sarah Engels and Sonya Alvarez
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| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fX1fx1ZFb4 WAV] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fX1fx1ZFb4 MP3]</br> [http://lafayetteinc.com/blank/Not_here.txt TRANSCRIPT]
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|-
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| Day 12
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| "[[Wikipedia:Imagine (John Lennon song)|Imagine]]"
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| [[Wikipedia:John Lennon|John Lennon]]
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| Ehud Shalom
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| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVg2EJvvlF8 WAV] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVg2EJvvlF8 MP3]</br> [http://lafayetteinc.com/blank/Not_here.txt TRANSCRIPT]
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| Day 12
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| "[[Wikipedia:Israeli Air Force|Al Kanfei Hakesef]]" (On Silver Wings)
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| Israel Army Band
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| Ehud Shalom
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| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEFpEkoaq8U WAV] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEFpEkoaq8U MP3]</br> [http://lafayetteinc.com/blank/Not_here.txt TRANSCRIPT] -->
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|-
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| Day 13
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| "[[Wikipedia:Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns|Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns fight song]]"
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| [[Wikipedia:Pride of Acadiana|Pride of Acadiana]]
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| Sandra Harris and Ricky Wilson
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| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QQ_sTsBGwM WAV] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QQ_sTsBGwM MP3]</br> [http://lafayetteinc.com/blank/Not_here.txt TRANSCRIPT]
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| Day 14
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| "[[Wikipedia:Strawberry Swing#Frank Ocean version|Strawberry Swing]]"
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| [[Wikipedia:Frank Ocean|]]
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| STS-217 crew
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| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yORwhIwEAoY WAV] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yORwhIwEAoY MP3]</br> [http://lafayetteinc.com/blank/Not_here.txt TRANSCRIPT] -->
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|-
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| Day 14
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| "Theme from [[Wikipedia:Kerbal Space Program|''Kerbal Space Program'']]"
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| [[Wikipedia:Squad (company)|Squad]]
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| STS-217 crew
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| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA7CuFud0AU WAV] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA7CuFud0AU MP3]</br> [http://lafayetteinc.com/blank/Not_here.txt TRANSCRIPT]
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==Contingency preparations==
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{{Main|External Tank Laboratory}}
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STS-217
Mission insignia
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Mission statistics
Mission nameSTS-217
Space shuttleHorizon
Launch padKennedy LC-39D
Launch date25 April, 2017
Landing siteEdwards Runway 22L
Landing9 May, 2017
Orbital period97 min
Orbital altitude600 kilometers (373 miles)
Orbital inclination28.5°
Related missions
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STS-216 STS-216 STS-218 STS-218

STS-217, or HST-SM5 (Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 5), was the sixth space shuttle servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) which was flown by Space Shuttle Horizon. Launch occurred on 25 April, 2017 at 11:03 am EDT. Landing occurred successfully on 9 May, 2017 at 8:38 am PDT.

The mission carried two new instruments to the Hubble Space Telescope, the Advanced Multi-Object Spectrometer and the Advanced Camera for Surveys 2. The mission also replaced the telescope's main computer, a Fine Guidance Sensor, four gyroscopes and two battery unit modules. The crew also installed new thermal insulation panels. In conjunction with STS-214, which raised Hubble's orbit to 374 miles (601.9 km), the mission was intended to allow the telescope to continue operating until at least 2025.

Crew

Position Astronaut
Commander United States Roger Mason
(Raccoon)
Fourth spaceflight
Pilot United States Sarah Engels
(Maned wolf)
Fourth spaceflight
Mission Specialist 1 United States Sandra Harris
(Melanistic black-backed jackal)
Second spaceflight
EV3
Mission Specialist 2 Japan Yuma Tazuka
(Red Panda)
Fourth spaceflight
Mission Specialist 3 Israel Ehud Shalom
(Fennec)
Third spaceflight
Lead spacewalker, EV1
Mission Specialist 4 United States Sonya Alvarez
(Mexican Wolf)
Third spaceflight
EV2
Mission Specialist 5 United States Ricky L. Wilson
(Leopard)
First spaceflight
EV4

Mission history

Following STS-125 and the subsequent retirement of the NASA Space Shuttle fleet, no additional flights to the Hubble Telescope were planned. NASA's original end of mission plan for the telescope was to retrieve it using Space Shuttle Columbia during STS-144, however this plan was cancelled following the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.

The International Space Agency had originally planned to recover the telescope in a mission similar to STS-144, and plans were in work to use a modified Space Shuttle orbiter in order to return the telescope for display at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. or at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Plans were finalized in 2014 for recovery using a modified version of the Flight Support Structure (FSS) designed to hold the telescope inside of the payload bay during repairs. The modified FSS would have been detachable and discarded, along with the solar arrays. Following a petition from scientists and technicians at the Goddard Space Flight Center, the Johnson Space Center and the McGregor Space Center, and due to the increasing complexity of the mission, the numerous modifications required to the Shuttle in order to allow for the mission, and due to safety concerns, ISA managers officially cancelled the Hubble Recovery Mission on August 23, 2014. The crew and Shuttle assigned to the mission were reassigned to STS-217, which was changed to become the fifth servicing flight to the telescope, and the first ISA flight to it in cooperation with NASA.

Mission payload

Location Cargo Mass
Bays 1–2 Orbiter Docking System
EMUs 4008, 4012, 2018, 4022 		1,800 kilograms (4,000 lb)
~480 kilograms (1,060 lb)
Bay 3P Shuttle Power
Distribution Unit (SPDU) 		~17 kilograms (37 lb)
Bays 4–5 SLIC/COPE with
Advanced Camera for Surveys 2 		2,990 kilograms (6,590 lb)
Bays 7–8 ORUC AMOS/RSU/FGS
Advanced Multi-Object Spectrometer
Fine Guidance Sensor, Gyros 		3,339 kilograms (7,361 lb)
Bay 10P GABA/MFR ~50 kilograms (110 lb)
Bay 10P GABA/PFR ~50 kilograms (110 lb)
Bay 11 HST-FSS/BAPS
Berthing and Positioning Sys 		2,177 kilograms (4,799 lb)
Bay 12 MULE
RNS, NOBL blankets 		1,409 kilograms (3,106 lb)
Starboard Sill Orbiter Boom Sensor System ~382 kilograms (842 lb)
Port Sill Canadarm ~410 kilograms (900 lb)
Total: 13,104 kilograms (28,889 lb)

The mission replaced two instruments on Hubble with upgraded replacements. The first instrument, the Advanced Camera for Surveys 2 (ACS2), replaced the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS). ACS failed multiple times from 2006-2007 due to electrical system failures. Two of the instrument's channels were returned to service in 2009 following spacewalks performed on STS-125, but the High Resolution Channel (HRC) remained offline. ACS2 was designed as an advanced replacement, utilizing new electrical systems intended to be more reliable than those on ACS and using new sensors and filters to improve the resolution and sensitivity of the telescope. The second instrument, the Advanced Multi-Object Spectrometer (AMOS), replaced the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS). NICMOS failed in 2008 following multiple issues with the onboard cooling systems and was largely replaced by the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). Hubble was never originally designed for near-infrared operations and required onboard cooling systems specifically for NICMOS in order to compensate for the telescope's warm operating environment. The James Webb Space Telescope operates in infrared frequencies at much higher resolution than Hubble, which led designers to abandon IR features for AMOS. The new instrument uses multiple high resolution channels operating from near infrared to ultraviolet frequencies to study objects in unprecedented detail.

The telescope's main hardware was upgraded by replacing a Fine Guidance Sensor which controls the positioning of the telescope, replacing 4 gyroscopes, replacing batteries, replacing the onboard computer system with a one based on the RAD750 and installing new insulation blankets.

Shuttle processing

Mission timeline

25 April (Flight day 1, launch)

26 April (Flight day 2)

27 April (Flight day 3)

28 April (Flight day 4)

29 April (Flight day 5)

30 April (Flight day 6)

1 May (Flight day 7)

2 May (Flight day 8)

3 May (Flight day 9)

4 May (Flight day 10)

Sandra Harris poses for a photo with Hubble behind her on the flight deck shortly before redeployment of the telescope.

5 May (Flight day 11)

6 May (Flight day 12)

7 May (Flight day 13)

8 May (Flight day 14)

9 May (Flight day 15, landing)

Extra-vehicular activity

EVA Spacewalkers Start (UTC) End (UTC) Duration
EVA 1 Ehud Shalom
Sonya Alvarez 		29 April 2017
15:52 		30 April 2017
00:29 		7 hours, 37 minutes
Removed and replaced two of Hubble's gyroscope rate sensing units (RSUs). Removed and replaced the first of two battery unit modules.
EVA 2 Sandra Harris
Ricky L. Wilson 		30 April 2017
15:22 		30 April 2017
21:57 		6 hours, 35 minutes
Replaced Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) with Advanced Camera for Surveys 2 and lubricated three of the shroud doors.
EVA 3 Ehud Shalom
Sonya Alvarez 		1 May 2017
15:52 		2 May 2017
00:39 		8 hours, 47 minutes
Began removal of NICMOS Cooling System (NCS), Electronics Support Module (ESM) and external components and stowed them for return.
EVA 4 Sandra Harris
Ricky L. Wilson 		2 May 2017
14:45 		2 May 2017
22:40 		8 hours, 15 minutes
Finished removal of NCS and ESM. Removed NICMOS and replaced with the Advanced Multi-Object Spectrometer (AMOS).
EVA 5 Ehud Shalom
Sonya Alvarez 		3 May 2017
14:52 		3 May 2017
21:12 		6 hours, 20 minutes
Replaced the New Advanced Computer with the Advanced Computer 2.
EVA 6 Sandra Harris
Ricky L. Wilson 		4 May 2017
15:10 		4 May 2017
22:42 		7 hours, 32 minutes
Replaced second battery unit module, replaced Fine Guidance Sensor No. 1, removed insulation panels from bays 1, 3 and 4 and replaced with three New Outer Blanket Layers (NOBLs).

Wake-up calls

A tradition for American manned spaceflights since the days of Gemini, mission crews are played a special musical track at the start of each day in space. Each track is specially chosen, often by their families, and usually has a special meaning to an individual member of the crew, or is applicable to their daily activities.

Flight Day Song Artist/Composer Played for Links
Day 2 "Save Me, San Francisco" Train Sarah Engels WAV MP3
TRANSCRIPT
Day 3 "Starman" David Bowie Roger Mason WAV MP3
TRANSCRIPT
Day 4 "Stacy's Mom" Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox ft. Casey Abrams Sonya Alvarez WAV MP3
TRANSCRIPT
Day 5 "Fly Me to the Moon" Frank Sinatra Sandra Harris WAV MP3
TRANSCRIPT
Day 6 "Danger Zone" Kenny Loggins Ehud Shalom WAV MP3
TRANSCRIPT
Day 7 "Theme from FTL: Faster Than Light" Ben Prunty Ricky Wilson WAV MP3
TRANSCRIPT
Day 8 "Angels Are Hard to Find" Hank Williams, Jr. Roger Mason WAV MP3
TRANSCRIPT
Day 9 "The Success Song"
(From My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic) 		Daniel Ingram Sandra Harris WAV MP3
TRANSCRIPT
Day 10 "Die Young" Kesha Yuma Tazuka WAV MP3
TRANSCRIPT
Day 11 "The U.S. Air Force" United States Air Force Band Roger Mason, Sarah Engels and Sonya Alvarez WAV MP3
TRANSCRIPT
Day 12 "Imagine" John Lennon Ehud Shalom WAV MP3
TRANSCRIPT
Day 13 "Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns fight song" Pride of Acadiana Sandra Harris and Ricky Wilson WAV MP3
TRANSCRIPT
Day 14 "Theme from Kerbal Space Program" Squad STS-217 crew WAV MP3
TRANSCRIPT
Day 15 "Feet Up" Chris Hadfield STS-217 crew WAV MP3
TRANSCRIPT

Contingency preparations

Main article: External Tank Laboratory

See also

External links

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