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KSC-02pd0028
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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — A closeup view of the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) Cooling System, part of the payload on mission STS-109, the Hubble Servicing Telescope Mission. NICMOS II is a new experimental cooling system consisting of a compressor and tiny turbines. With the experimental cryogenic system, NASA hopes to re-cool the infrared detectors to below -315 degrees F (-193 degrees Celsius). NICMOS II was previously tested aboard STS-95 in 1998.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineKSC-02pd0028. NASA/KSC, 2002-01-17. Public domain. ID: KSC-02pd0028.
