STS-157 was the last space shuttle mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope from Gravity. Scientific advisor, Kevin Grazer stated that STS-157 took place in the fictitious recent past, not the future.
It was also Matt Kowalski's final mission into outer space.
Mission patch
Objective and mission events[]
The mission's objective was to repair the data on the Hubble Space Telescope from the Explorer Space Shuttle and install Dr.Ryan Stone's imaging device.
The mission itself started out without trouble, but after a week in space, a Russian missile strike on a defunct satellite caused a hazardous debris field to be formed, posing a large threat to the mission.
Mission Control notified the Explorer, ordering them to abort the mission and return to Earth, but the Explorer had no time to evacuate the area. The debris field hit the Explorer and the Hubble Space Telescope, destroying the both of them. Evans and Thomas are killed on the shuttle when they are exposed to the vacuum while Flight Engineer Shariff Dasari was killed when a piece of debris punched a rectangular-shaped hole in his face. Matt Kowalski and Ryan Stone survived the initial debris strike, although Kowalski later sacrificed himself at the ISS to save Stone.
Members[]
- Lieutenant Matt Kowalski (Mission commander and astronaut, died from Hypercapnia and Hypoxia due to a lack of air in his suit).
- Dr. Ryan Stone (Biomedical engineer and mission specialist, survived).
- Shariff Dasari (Flight engineer, killed by trauma to the head from debris).
- Evans (Captain and commanding officer of the Explorer, died from Anoxia due to Space exposure).
- Thomas (Crewman on the Explorer, died from Anoxia due to Space exposure).
Possible Crewmembers[]
Camera Crew Astronauts (Seen briefly in reflection on a visor, but not mentioned or indicated on the mission patch).
Survivors[]
- Dr. Ryan Stone.