STS31_v_c_o_TPMBK (STS-31-04-27, neg. no. 9013404)
“STS-31 onboard photo – HST deployed”
A rarely seen image of the initial deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Taken from one of the aft-facing flight deck windows, the close proximity & dramatic perspective indicates it to have been taken early in the deployment process.
Note the prominent dish of one of the two still retracted high-gain antennas, along with the still retracted & rolled up solar arrays along either side.
Finally, note also the abundance of handrails on HST, to facilitate the unprecedented human maintenance of the engineering marvel.
I hope so, very much:
www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2022/nasa-spacex-to-study-hu...
STS31_v_c_o_TPMBK (STS-31-04-27, neg. no. 9013404)
“STS-31 onboard photo – HST deployed”
A rarely seen image of the initial deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Taken from one of the aft-facing flight deck windows, the close proximity & dramatic perspective indicates it to have been taken early in the deployment process.
Note the prominent dish of one of the two still retracted high-gain antennas, along with the still retracted & rolled up solar arrays along either side.
Finally, note also the abundance of handrails on HST, to facilitate the unprecedented human maintenance of the engineering marvel.
I hope so, very much:
www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2022/nasa-spacex-to-study-hu...