This framework was located in storage at the Goddard Space Flight Center, and was deemed useful if modified to display the re-constructed Structural Thermal Test Vehicle for the Hubble Space Telescope. The work was performed by Lockheed Corporation, Goddard, and Swales staff members as part of a project to upgrade the HST exhibitry at NASM. The original nature and purpose of this framework is not known.
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center transferred it to NASM in 2008.
This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.