Kathy Sullivan in space suit
Kathy Sullivan in space suit
Handprints on Hubble images
The deep submergence vessel Alvin descending into the ocean.
The unofficial “Thirty-Five New Guys” (TFNG) class emblem.
NASA astronaut pin.
NASA WB-57F high-altitude research aircraft.
Astronaut Jerry Ross works on the EASE structure during STS-61B in 1985.
space shuttle Columbia on final approach to Edwards Air Force Base, November 14, 1981.
Astronaut Bruce McCandless on the first test flight of the Manned Maneuvering Unit, February 7, 1984.
Kathryn Sullivan (left) and Sally Ride (right) pretend to synchronize their watches while waiting to board the space shuttle Challenger on October 5, 1984.
Space shuttle Challenger soars into space, October 5, 1984.
Dave Leestma (left) and Kathryn Sullivan (right) at the Orbital Refueling System worksite on STS-41G. The Shuttle Imaging Radar (SIR-B) antenna is on the left in the foreground.
Joe Allen (at left) hand-carrying the 1,200-pound Palapa B-2 satellite.
Dale Gardner about to capture the ailing Westar 6 satellite.
Early Large Space Telescope concept showing work locations inside a pressurized compartment. Source: National Air and Space Museum Archives.
Space shuttle tether hooks
T-shaped pip pin
The Hubble Space Telescope in the VATA clean room. Note the people at lower left for scale.
Artist’s rendering of Hubble’s modular architecture and key On-Orbit Replaceable Units (ORUs).
Kathryn Sullivan (right) checks the fit of an EVA wrench on one of the solar array manual override mechanisms during a test in the VATA, as Bruce McCandless (bottom) and British Aerospace Company engineer Barry Henson (top) look on.
The Articulating Portable Foot Restraint (APFR).
Electrical connectors with wing tabs (red arrows).
Equipment bay 4, showing Hubble’s Power Control Unit (inside the bay) and the tight work area caused by the Power Distribution Units mounted on the door (left) and cable bundles that limited the door’s opening range.
Final flight version of the 90-degree connector tool.
The STS-31 mission emblem.
Scuba divers monitor Kathy Sullivan (spacesuited figure at right) and Bruce McCandless (top center) as they practice EVA tasks on the Hubble mockup in the Johnson Space Center Weightless Environment Test Facility (WETF) during training for STS-31.
The Hubble solar arrays being unfurled on the water table in the British Aerospace test facility outside of Bristol, England
Hubble Space Telescope in orbit.
Leaving the crew quarters for our countdown rehearsal. Front row: Charlie Bolden (left) and Loren Shriver (right). Middle row: Bruce McCandless (left) and Kathy Sullivan (right). Third row: Chief Astronaut Dan Brandenstein (blue flight suit), Director of Flight Crew Operations Don Puddy (dark suit), Steve Hawley (right).
View from Discovery’s aft-facing windows as Steve Hawley grapples Hubble with the shuttle’s robotic arm.
Kathy Sullivan during a short break during suit-up aboard Discovery.
Hubble and Discovery mere inches apart, moments after Steve Hawley released the shuttle’s robotic arm.
The “Cepi blue” module service tool used on the Solar Maximum satellite rescue mission in 1984.
Jeff Hoffman riding on the end of the shuttle’s robotic arm during the first Hubble servicing mission, with Story Musgrave working below him in the cargo bay.
Lower, “aft shroud” section of Hubble, showing the three star-tracker ports (two black ovals and black circle just below the white panel of the Wide Field/Planetary Camera).
Hubble’s view of the M100 Galactic Nucleus before the optical correction and after.
Scuff marks on Hubble’s outer skin left by the gloved hands of spacesuited maintainers.
Kathy Sullivan images
Antarctica 2020
Antarctica 2020
Antarctica 2020
Antarctica 2020
Glacier Lodge
Kathy Sullivan practices EVA tasks on the Hubble mockup.
Kathy Sullivan and friend.
Kathy Sullivan and Seahorses.
Early flyer. Age 3.
Kathy Sullivan at Scott Base Antarctic research facility.
Kathy Sullivan on the Space Shuttle Challenger.

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