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S125-E-010049 (18 May 2009) --- Astronaut Andrew Feustel, STS-125 mission specialist, participates in the mission's fifth and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as work continues to refurbish and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. During the seven-hour and two-minute spacewalk, Feustel and astronaut John Grunsfeld (out of frame), mission specialist, installed a battery group replacement, removed and replaced a Fine Guidance Sensor and three thermal blankets (NOBL) protecting Hubble's electronics. Astronaut Megan McArthur, STS-125 mission specialist, at the controls of the remote manipulator system (RMS), can be seen through an aft flight deck window.
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