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Introduction

The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Archive System provides access to information related to the analyses of the hardware returned during the first HST servicing mission (STS-61), which occurred in December, 1993 and it is described in the mission profile. It is the first in a series of planned missions to service the HST.

On-orbit observations of the HST's physical condition are very important to understanding the space environment and its effect on the successful, long duration operation of spacecraft. The STS-61 crew made observations of the physical condition of HST and took an extensive collection of photographs.

Plans for the post-retrieval analyses of the returned hardware were initiated prior to the servicing mission and included the participation of the HST Project , as well as other organizations with experience studying retrieved spaceflight hardware. Some of the participating organizations and their associated areas of responsibility are listed. The plans called for the returned hardware to follow the flow outlined in the logistics flow chart.

The first HST servicing mission resulted in the return of the following hardware:

The investigations of these items have provided significant data on the environments encountered in space and the effects of these environments on spacecraft. These investigations, which were initially focused on HST Project needs, are of vital interest to the entire community of spacecraft developers and space researchers. The data obtained during analyses of HST hardware can generally be categorized according to various discipline area; this approach provides the user with one type of access route. While the data cover many areas, the following four areas have been highlighted in this archive: meteoroids & debris, contamination, materials and radiation.

A number of workshops have been held relative to the HST returned hardware and analyses. The HST Returned Hardware Evaluation Symposium, held at Goddard Space Flight Center in December, 1994, is a significant source of data. The materials presented at this symposium are included on-line in this archive. Other workshops include the initial Returned Hardware Meeting at Goddard in January, 1994, at which plans for evaluations were discussed; the Solar Array Workshop held by ESA/ESTEC in May, 1995; and the HST Contamination Meeting held by the Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD, May, 1995.

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Hubble Space Telescope

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(HST) Archive System
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Hampton, Virginia