Keeping Hubble At Just the Right Temperature
Temperatures inside the Hubble Space Telescope are actively controlled by electric heaters and passively by interior insulation and exterior thermal coatings on the spacecraft. This photo shows the Hubble flight article assembly with multilayer insulation, high-gain antennae, and solar arrays in a clean room of the Vertical Assembly and Test Area (VATA) at Lockheed Martin in Sunnyvale, California. (NASA/MSFC Image)
Keeping Hubble At Just the Right Temperature
Temperatures inside the Hubble Space Telescope are actively controlled by electric heaters and passively by interior insulation and exterior thermal coatings on the spacecraft. This photo shows the Hubble flight article assembly with multilayer insulation, high-gain antennae, and solar arrays in a clean room of the Vertical Assembly and Test Area (VATA) at Lockheed Martin in Sunnyvale, California. (NASA/MSFC Image)