HST_v_bw_o_TPMBK (88-H-138, 88-HC-99)
“This is a view inside the Lockheed Missiles and Space Company Space Telescope facility showing the telescope positioned horizontally for a move to the thermal vacuum chamber for environmental testing. The highly reflective material is thermal insulation installed to help keep the temperatures of the spacecraft structure more even. In this view, the high-gain TDRS antenna on the telescope is shown pointing down (at bottom of spacecraft).”
Note the name hand-annotated on the verso. I assume the photograph was intended/destined for, property of Dr. David Whitehouse, who was the BBC's science correspondent from 1988 until 2006, and is a former science editor at the BBC News website. Quite impressive:
HST_v_bw_o_TPMBK (88-H-138, 88-HC-99)
“This is a view inside the Lockheed Missiles and Space Company Space Telescope facility showing the telescope positioned horizontally for a move to the thermal vacuum chamber for environmental testing. The highly reflective material is thermal insulation installed to help keep the temperatures of the spacecraft structure more even. In this view, the high-gain TDRS antenna on the telescope is shown pointing down (at bottom of spacecraft).”
Note the name hand-annotated on the verso. I assume the photograph was intended/destined for, property of Dr. David Whitehouse, who was the BBC's science correspondent from 1988 until 2006, and is a former science editor at the BBC News website. Quite impressive: