State-Of-The-Art Instruments Enable Early Observations From Hubble Space Telescope:
Posted on: Wednesday, 9 September 2009, 10:44 CDT
New Instruments Built by Ball Aerospace Reveal Universe's Best Kept Secrets
Images from new instruments on the Hubble Space Telescope, show the sharpest visible-light images of distant galaxies ever seen. Today NASA released early observations from Hubble following installation of the Wide Field Camera (WFC3) and Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS). COS and WFC3 are equipped with the most advanced detector capabilities ever flown in space.
The new state-of-the-art instruments were built by Ball Aerospace &
Technologies Corp., and were installed by astronauts during Servicing Mission
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NEWS: New Ball Aerospace Instruments on Hubble Space Telescope Provide Amazing New Images of the Universe
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SOUNDBITES: * Mark LaPole, Ball Aerospace Program Manager * Harold Reitsema, Ball Aerospace Spokesman and Astronomer * Lisa Hardaway, Ball Aerospace Chief Systems Engineer B-ROLL INCLUDES: * Hubble Imagery * Animation * Ball Aerospace Lab Footage * Astronauts at Ball AerospaceVIDEO PROVIDED BY: Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
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