File:Cast-off- Releasing a Solar Array (1993) (3825).tiff

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Astronaut Kathy Thornton jettisons a damaged solar array panel into space during Hubble's first servicing mission in 1993. When the solar panels were replaced, astronauts found a bend in the casing of this panel.

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English: Astronaut Kathy Thornton jettisons a damaged solar array panel into space during Hubble's first servicing mission in 1993. When the solar panels were replaced, astronauts found a bend in the casing of this panel. The panel couldn't be returned safely to Earth, and was released into space. Eventually the panel will descend into Earth's atmosphere, where the friction created by the speed of its fall will burn it up, turning it into a shooting star.
Date 6 December 1993 (upload date)
Source Cast-off: Releasing a Solar Array (1993)
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