Discovery STS-31 Mission Highlights Resource Tape Launch of Hubble Space Telescope, April 24-29 1990

Shuttle Launch Discovery . STS-31 Mission Highlights Resource Tape Launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, April 24-29 1990 Astronauts: Loren Shriver, Charles Bolden, Bruce McCandless, Steven Hawley, Kathryn Sullivan 09:50 - Launch 12:27 - Opening bay doors 20:40 - Taking telescope out of payload bay 24:50 - Deploying the solar arrays 26:08 - Deploying the high gain antennas 26:56 - Unfurling the first solar array 30:16 - EVA preparation 31:24 - Unfurling the second solar array 32:00 - Second solar array gets stuck 34:30 - Disable tension monitoring software to unfurl the solar array 36:25 - Go for Hubble release 39:07 - Student experiment 43:50 - Commands sent to open aperture door 45:45 - Thank you to training crew 46:40 - Thoughts on historical significance 50:09 - Closing bay doors 50:58 - Shuttle re-entry and landing 54:59 - Astronauts exiting Shuttle