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This is the original pyramid mirror actuator assembly from the first Wide-Field Planetary Camera (WFPC-1) flown on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) on its April 1990 launch. This optical component split the light received by the camera from the telescope and sent it to either of two sets of four systems of relay optics and CCD sensors that created the wide field (f/12.9) or the narrow field (f/30) mosaics. The WFPC-1 was removed from the HST during the servicing mission launched on 2 December 1993 that installed the correcting optics that compensate for the flawed primary mirror. The mirror actuator assembly was transferred to NASM by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in September 1999.

Display Status

This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.

Object Details

Country of Origin

United States of America

Type

INSTRUMENTS-Test

Manufacturer

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

Dimensions

3-D: 22 × 16 × 13cm (8 11/16 × 6 5/16 × 5 1/8 in.)

Materials

Mixed metals, glass, electronics

Inventory Number

A19990212000

Credit Line

Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

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