STS-103 Flight Day 3 Highlights and Crew Activities Report

Highlights of the third day of the STS-103 mission on board the space shuttle Discovery are shown in this videotape. The mission was led by Commander Curtis L. Brown, with Pilot Scott J Kelly, and Mission Specialists Steven L. Smith, Jean-Francois Clervoy, John M. Grunsfeld, Michael Foale, and Claude Nicollier. The main purpose of the mission was to service the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The primary objective of the mission was to replace all six of the gyroscopes that make up the three Rate Sensor Units. In addition the Astronauts installed a new computer. During the third day when Discovery reached a point about 35 feet from Hubble, astronaut Jean-Francois Clervoy used the robot arm to capture the telescope's grapple fixture located midway up the HST structure. The approach to the HST is described and the actual maneuver aimed at retrieving the telescope is also described. The video includes actual live views of the HST in the shuttle's service bay, the shuttle, and shots of Johnson mission control. .