Making Hubble More Powerful
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The Hubble Space Telescope would not be able to produce its breathtaking science without the upgraded infrastructure targeted during the HST SM4 mission: Fine Guidance Sensor, Scientific Instrument Command and Data Handling, Soft Capture Mechanism, Batteries, and New Outer Blanket Layers. Along with all new cameras, scientific instruments, the Hubble telescope will work better than it ever has in its lifetime.
Description of improvements being made on the Hubble Space Telescope during Servicing Mission 4.
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Credits
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
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Animator
- Bob Sauls (Frassanito and Associates) [Lead]
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Video editor
- Michael McClare (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Interviewees
- Benjamin Reed (NASA)
- David Leckrone (NASA)
- John Grunsfeld (NASA)
- Kevin Mathews (Lockheed Martin Technical Operations)
- Marion Riley (Lockheed Martin Technical Operations)
- Teri Gregory (Swales Aerospace)
- Thomas Griffin (NASA)
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Producer
- Michael McClare (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Videographers
- Jamal Smith (HTSI)
- Michael McClare (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
Missions
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This visualization can be found in the following series:Tapes
This visualization originally appeared on the following tapes:-
HST SM4 Refurbish web feature
(ID: 2009026)
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 4:00AM
Produced by - Clay Anderson
Datasets used in this visualization
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HST
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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ID: 13160 Produced Video
Hubble Archive - Servicing Mission 4, STS-125
Read moreHubble's fifth and final servicing mission, Servicing Mission 4, launched on May 11, 2009 on Space Shuttle Atlantis as part of the STS-125 mission.During SM4, two new scientific instruments were installed – the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) and Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). Two failed instruments, the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) and the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), were brought back to life by the first ever on-orbit repairs. With these efforts, Hubble has been brought to the apex of its scientific capabilities. To prolong Hubble's life, new batteries, new gyroscopes, a new science computer, a refurbished fine guidance sensor and new insulation on three electronics bays were also installed over the 12-day mission with five spacewalks. ||
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