Fine Guidance Sensor Installation EVA Animation
Hubble uses three Fine Guidance Sensors for steady pointing and measurement. Astronauts will exchange one of these optical sensors with a refurbished unit that has enhanced, on-orbit alignment capability during Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 4.
Fine Guidance Sensor Installation EVA completed and edited animation sequence.
An animation showing the installation of the refurbished Fine Guidance Sensor during a Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 4 EVA.
An animation showing the installation of the refurbished Fine Guidance Sensor during a Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 4 EVA.
An animation showing the installation of the refurbished Fine Guidance Sensor during a Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 4 EVA.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
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Animator
- Bob Sauls (Frassanito and Associates)
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Producer
- Michael McClare (HTSI)
Release date
This page was originally published on Friday, August 22, 2008.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:55 PM EDT.
Series
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[HST]
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[HST: WFPC2]
ID: 655Wide-Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) was installed in Dec 1993 and used to obtain high resolution images of astronomical objects. This camera was removed in the last servicing mission so it is no longer in service.
This dataset can be found at: http://www.stsci.edu/hst/wfpc2/wfpc2_diag.html
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