STS-217
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| Mission name | STS-217 | ||||
| Space shuttle | Horizon | ||||
| Launch pad | Kennedy LC-39C | ||||
| Launch date | 24 April, 2017 | ||||
| Landing | 8 May, 2017 | ||||
| Orbital period | 97 min | ||||
| Orbital altitude | 600 kilometers (373 miles) | ||||
| Orbital inclination | 28.5° | ||||
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STS-217, or HST-SM5 (Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 5), was the sixth space shuttle servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope (HST).
Crew
| Position | Astronaut | |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | Roger Mason Fourth spaceflight | |
| Pilot | Sarah Engels Fourth spaceflight | |
| Mission Specialist 1 | Sandra Harris Second spaceflight EV3 | |
| Mission Specialist 2 | Yuma Tazuka Fourth spaceflight | |
| Mission Specialist 3 | Ehud Shalom,  IsraelThird spaceflight Lead spacewalker, EV1 | |
| Mission Specialist 4 | Sonya Alvarez Third spaceflight EV2 | |
| Mission Specialist 5 | Ricky L. Wilson First spaceflight EV4 | |
Mission history
Following STS-125 and the subsequent retirement of the NASA Space Shuttle fleet, no additional flights to the Hubble Telescope were planned. NASA's original end of mission plan for the telescope was to retrieve it using Space Shuttle Columbia during STS-144, however this plan was cancelled following the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
