Hubble Space Telescope

(HST) Archive System

NASA Langley Research Center
Hampton, Virginia

Photographs

During post-retrieval activities at Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) a large set of photos were taken of the returned HST hardware. At that time, the plans were to put these photographs on optical disk as part of an effort to create electronic copies of the HST photo documentation. Although not currently available through this system, it is hoped that they will be at some date. A subset of these photos have been scanned at Langley and are a part of this archive.

The following images were provided by Don Humes and were acquired during his meteoroid & debris impact analyses of various pieces of HST hardware. To see a larger version of the various thumbnails, select the desired format type.

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1. Humes1.pit 7 - Largest crater on WF/PC-I radiator. Dimensions: lip, 980 micron diameter; at plate surface, 900 micron diameter; depth, 360 microns. Paint spall area around crater, 5400 micron diameter (not shown).

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2. Humes2.setup - WF/PC-I radiator in clean room at NASA GSFC, with microscope in front.

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3. Humes3.pit 61 - Crater on WF/PC-I radiator. Dimensions: lip, 500 x 540 microns; at plate surface, 370 x 460 microns; depth, 185 microns. Paint spall area around crater, 1320 microns. Cracks in paint can also be seen.

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4. 94C-3052 - Wide Field / Planetary Camera - I M1 Mirror, post-flight. Magnesium fluoride coating on aluminum eroded.

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5. 94C-3045 - Wide Field / Planetary Camera - I Radiator Bay 5 area, post-flight, brown discoloration evident.

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6. 94C-3046 - WF/PC-I Radiator,post-flight, brown discoloration evident.

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7. 94C-3041 - WF/PC-I Radiator, post-flight.

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