Object Details
Summary
This is an original flight electronics package for the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UIT), one of the major components of the ASTRO mission that flew twice in space, first on Columbia from 2 - 10 December 1990, and then on Endeavour from 3 to 17 March 1995. UIT is an F/9 Ritchey-Chretien reflecting telescope with a primary mirror 38 cm. in diameter. When a third flight of ASTRO was not funded, the UIT and its sister instruments, including the Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope and the BBXRT telescope, were retired. UIT and HUT were transferred to the National Air and Space Museum in 2005.
Credit Line
Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Inventory Number
A20050389004
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
INSTRUMENTS-Scientific
Materials
Non-Magnetic White Metal
Plastic
Copper Alloy
Rubber
Solder
Dimensions
3-D: 81.3 × 52.1 × 26.7cm (2 ft. 8 in. × 1 ft. 8 1/2 in. × 10 1/2 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_A20050389004