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STS-61 Hubble Space Telescope Mirrors for Wide Field/Planetary Camera

1993-03-15

NASA

NASA
Washington, DC, United States

S93-33257 (15 Mar 1993) --- This close-up view features tiny articulating fold mirrors that will go into a replacement camera for the Wide Field\Planetary Camera (WF\PC-1) currently on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). A team of NASA astronauts will pay a visit to the HST later this year, carrying with them the new WF/PC-2 to replace the one currently on the HST. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California has been working on the replacement system for several months. See NASA photo S93-33258 for an optical schematic diagram of one of the four channels of the WF\PC-2 showing the path taken by beams from the HST before an image is formed at the camera's charge-coupled devices.

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  • Title: STS-61 Hubble Space Telescope Mirrors for Wide Field/Planetary Camera
  • Date Created: 1993-03-15
  • Rights: JSC
  • Album: rlobrie1

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