Object Details
Manufacturer
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Summary
This is one of four original folding mirrors from the f/30 planetary mode of the first Wide-Field Planetary Camera (WFPC-1) flown on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) on its 24 April 1990 launch. The WFPC-1 was removed from the HST during the servicing mission launched on 2 December 1993 that installed the correcting optics that compensate for the flawed primary mirror. One complete electro-optical channel from the planetary mode assembly, of which this element was a part, was transferred to NASM by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in September 1999.
Credit Line
Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Inventory Number
A19990216000
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
INSTRUMENTS-Scientific
Materials
Aluminum coated glass
Dimensions
3-D: 1.8 × 4.5cm (11/16 × 1 3/4 in.)
Country of Origin
United States of America
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Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nasm_A19990216000