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Display Cradle, Hubble Space Telescope SDTV

Object Details

Summary
This framework was located in storage at the Goddard Space Flight Center, and was deemed useful if modified to display the re-constructed Structural Thermal Test Vehicle for the Hubble Space Telescope. The work was performed by Lockheed Corporation, Goddard, and Swales staff members as part of a project to upgrade the HST exhibitry at NASM. The original nature and purpose of this framework is not known.
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center transferred it to NASM in 2008.
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
Credit Line
Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Materials
Painted iron and steel, pneumatic systems
Dimensions
Overall: 304.8 × 487.7cm, 5125.6kg (10 × 16 ft., 11300lb.)
Type
EQUIPMENT-Mission Support
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