Fastener Capture Plate Print
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Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS)
Fastener Capture Plate
Michael Soluri
Giclée print from scanned black and white negative, Facilitated by an EIZO monitor and printed with a Canon iPF8400 on Moab Entrada rag white paper
2008Michael Soluri approached the range of Hubble spacewalk tools as unique one-of-a-kind pieces of sculpture. He created a makeshift light table and photographed them in the High Bay at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.
The STIS reveals the physical properties of the universe through ultraviolet and near infrared light. Astronauts installed it into the Hubble Space Telescope in 1997. Its circuit boards failed in 2004, and only astronauts could replace them.
On Loan from Michael Soluri
