Endeavour · December 2–13, 1993 · Five spacewalks to restore the Hubble Space Telescope — and one of the most completely documented missions in our archive.
STS-61 is one of the most detailed missions in the archive. It holds the complete video footage of all five spacewalks, 59 recordings in all, along with the on-orbit work that captured and repaired the Hubble Space Telescope, mission operations, and the press conferences around the flight.
Taken in sequence, they reconstruct the mission end to end: the launch, the rendezvous and capture of Hubble, each EVA in turn, the installation of the corrective optics and new instruments, and the release that restored the telescope's scientific capability.
Hubble had launched with a flawed mirror, and STS-61 was the mission that made it right. Preserving the full visual record, not just the highlights, lets researchers and documentary makers follow how one of NASA's most important repair missions actually came together.
Notable material preserved for this mission.
Browse every preserved record — spacewalks, operations, and briefings — or ask our team to help locate a specific moment.