STS61_v_c_o_KPP (SM-1, Ball Aerospace photo, poss. no. 93-68C)
“An artist’s conception of the 1993 Hubble Space Telescope (HST) servicing mission shows an astronaut positioned to the left of the telescope preparing to install the Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR). The optics were designed and built at Ball Aerospace and Communications Group, in Boulder, Colo., to significantly correct the spherical aberration in Hubble’s primary mirror.
The servicing mission is scheduled for launch aboard Endeavor in December. The artwork shown was created by Ball artist, Scott Kahler.”
Exquisite. Note the reflection of ‘ the cosmos’ on the closed aperture door of the engineering marvel…very nice touch.
Maybe because the stakes were so high, and Ball Corporation’s role in correcting the massive goof was critical, the company obviously went to great lengths to promote such, to include gorgeously illustrating what they were going to accomplish, accompanied by concise, intelligent & well-articulated descriptions. Mr. Kahler is obviously world class talent, and the caption writers seemed to actually comprehend what they were writing about. Unlike some other org…ah…uh...never mind. It is what it is. 😕
ALTHOUGH, they did misspell Endeavour. Oops! 😕
The jaw-dropping image was featured on the cover of the November 1993 issue of Sky & Telescope magazine - seen in the third image - suspended in zero-g near Astronaut Jeffrey Hoffman during the STS-61 mission. And, apparently, it was also featured on at least one t-shirt: 😉👍
Credit: “ART & ILLUSTRATION BY SCOTT KAHLER” website
The flown magazine cover:
www.icollector.com/Jeff-Hoffman-s-STS-61-Flown-Sky-and-Te...
Credit: iCollector.com Online Auctions website
Jeffrey A. Hoffman, the real deal:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_A._Hoffman
Credit: Wikipedia
www.nasa.gov/content/jeff-hoffman
Last, but NOT least:
aeroastro.mit.edu/faculty-research/faculty-list/jeffrey-h...
Credit: Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics website
STS61_v_c_o_KPP (SM-1, Ball Aerospace photo, poss. no. 93-68C)
“An artist’s conception of the 1993 Hubble Space Telescope (HST) servicing mission shows an astronaut positioned to the left of the telescope preparing to install the Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR). The optics were designed and built at Ball Aerospace and Communications Group, in Boulder, Colo., to significantly correct the spherical aberration in Hubble’s primary mirror.
The servicing mission is scheduled for launch aboard Endeavor in December. The artwork shown was created by Ball artist, Scott Kahler.”
Exquisite. Note the reflection of ‘ the cosmos’ on the closed aperture door of the engineering marvel…very nice touch.
Maybe because the stakes were so high, and Ball Corporation’s role in correcting the massive goof was critical, the company obviously went to great lengths to promote such, to include gorgeously illustrating what they were going to accomplish, accompanied by concise, intelligent & well-articulated descriptions. Mr. Kahler is obviously world class talent, and the caption writers seemed to actually comprehend what they were writing about. Unlike some other org…ah…uh...never mind. It is what it is. 😕
ALTHOUGH, they did misspell Endeavour. Oops! 😕
The jaw-dropping image was featured on the cover of the November 1993 issue of Sky & Telescope magazine - seen in the third image - suspended in zero-g near Astronaut Jeffrey Hoffman during the STS-61 mission. And, apparently, it was also featured on at least one t-shirt: 😉👍
Credit: “ART & ILLUSTRATION BY SCOTT KAHLER” website
The flown magazine cover:
www.icollector.com/Jeff-Hoffman-s-STS-61-Flown-Sky-and-Te...
Credit: iCollector.com Online Auctions website
Jeffrey A. Hoffman, the real deal:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_A._Hoffman
Credit: Wikipedia
www.nasa.gov/content/jeff-hoffman
Last, but NOT least:
aeroastro.mit.edu/faculty-research/faculty-list/jeffrey-h...
Credit: Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics website