STS-61 crew
Front row (L-R): Ken Bowersox, Kathryn Thornton, Story Musgrave, Claude Nicollier
Back row (L-R): Richard Covey, Jeffrey Hoffman, Thomas Akers
STS-61 mission patch
Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-61), launched December 2, 1993, was the first Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission. Its crew consisted of Commander Richard Covey, Pilot Ken Bowersox, Kathryn Thornton, Claude Nicollier (ESA), Jeffrey Hoffman, Story Musgrave, and Thomas Akers. The crew conducted 5 EVAs during the mission. Musgrave and Hoffman conducted three EVAs for a total of around 22 hours. Thornton and Akers performed two spacewalks for about 13 hours.
They returned to Earth December 13, after spending almost 11 days in space.
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