STIS Repair: The Quest for Renewed Exploration (2009)

2009 · Short film · 3 min

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Synopsis

The most versatile spectrograph ever to fly on Hubble ceased operations in August 2004 due to the failure of its power supply. In order to restore the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph to operational status, astronauts will perform a never-before-attempted replacement of an electronics board inside its main electronics box.

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