Object Details
Summary
This framework was located in storage at the Goddard Space Flight Center, and was deemed useful if modified to display the re-constructed Structural Thermal Test Vehicle for the Hubble Space Telescope. The work was performed by Lockheed Corporation, Goddard, and Swales staff members as part of a project to upgrade the HST exhibitry at NASM. The original nature and purpose of this framework is not known.
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center transferred it to NASM in 2008.
Credit Line
Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Inventory Number
A20080327000
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
EQUIPMENT-Mission Support
Materials
Painted iron and steel, pneumatic systems
Dimensions
Overall: 304.8 × 487.7cm, 5125.6kg (10 × 16 ft., 11300lb.)
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_A20080327000