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Record 1 2007-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facilities and Instruments (Astronomy)
CONT

The ASTRO Observatory had three primary instruments: the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UIT), the Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope (HUT) and the Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment (WUPPE). The Astro Observatory was designed to use many of the spacelab components and flew on two different shuttle flights. The first Astro flight was on December 2-11, 1990, aboard the shuttle Columbia. The X-ray experiment Broad Band X-Ray Telescope (BBXRT) was also part of the Astro-1 flight. The second flight was on March 2-18, 1995, aboard the shuttle Endeavour.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et instruments (Astronomie)

Spanish

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