Hubble Equipment Being Readied for Flight at Kennedy Space Center
08.12.08
Hubble’s refurbished Fine Guidance Sensor, or FGS, is installed into its protective enclosure in the PHSF at KSC. SIPEs are used to protect all of Hubble’s delicate instruments during their rides to and from orbit on the Space Shuttle. Credit: NASA > View Larger Image
Hubble’s new panchromatic imaging camera, the Wide Field Camera 3, arrives at the Kennedy Space Center. The WFC3 will greatly expand Hubble’s vision from the visible to the near ultra-violet and near infra-red spectrums. Credit: NASA > View Larger Image
Hubble’s new point-source spectrograph, the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph, is carefully installed into its Scientific Instrument Protective Enclosure, or SIPE, at the Payload Hazardous Processing Facility (PHSF) at the Kennedy Space Center. Credit: NASA > View Larger Image
Another view of COS being installed into its SIPE. Credit: NASA > View Larger Image