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Wide Field Camera 3 Images
Cosmic Origins Spectrograph Images
Neutral Buoyance Lab (NBL) Images

Images of Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3)


WFC3 optical assembly Low Resolution High Resolution	UVIS 2 detector mechanically integrated into WFC3 Low resolution High Resolution
WFC3 being moved for testing in the clean room Low resolution High Resolution	Testing WFC3 compatibility with HST electrical simulator Low Resolution High Resolution
WFC3 being prepared for acoustic testing Low Resolution High Resolution	WFC3 (top) lowered vertically into its protective enclosure for acoustic testing Low Resolution High Resolution
IR detectors on bench during a swap Low Resolution High Resolution	WFC3/WSIPE in acoustic test chamber Low Resolution High Resolution
WFC3 lifted into the Space Environment Simulator (SES) thermal vacuum chamber Low Resolution High Resolution	Looking from above at WFC3 in the SES chamber Low Resolution High Resolution
Thermal vacuum shroud installed over WFC3 Low Resolution High Resolution

Images of the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS)


Installation of COS electronics board. Low resolution High Resolution	Removal of electronics boards for inspection Low resolution High Resolution
Preparations for Integration & Test Low Resolution High Resolution	COS showing connector interface panel Low Resolution High Resolution
Inspection of COS electronics. Low Resolution High Resolution	COS optical path. Low Resolution High Resolution

Images in Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL)

The Servicing Mission 4 astronauts will practice many hours in preparation for the upcoming mission to Hubble. Some of this time will be spent under water going through mission simulations at NASA Johnson Space Center's Neutral Buoyancy Lab.


With equipment bay doors open, a crew member prepares to work inside of Hubble Low Resolution High Resolution	An astronaut uses one of several specialty tools that will aid him in replacing Hubble’s gyroscopes Low resolution High Resolution
A crew member perches on the shuttle's robotic arm as it approaches Hubble Low resolution High Resolution	Two astronauts maneuver around the outside of Hubble Low Resolution High Resolution

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