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KSC-08pd2340

NASA / KSC · 2008-08-07 · photograph (digital archive)

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Fine Guidance Sensor, or FGS, is being prepared for backlight inspection and cleaning in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The FGS is part of the payload for the fifth and final Hubble servicing mission, STS-125, aboard space shuttle Atlantis. An FGS consists of a large structure housing a collection of mirrors, lenses, servos, prisms, beam splitters and photomultiplier tubes.

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FGS, HST
Credit lineKSC-08pd2340. NASA/KSC, 2008-08-07. Public domain. ID: KSC-08pd2340.

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