NASA Photo ID: STS061(E)020 File Name: 10093053.jpg
Film Type: 35mm BW Date Taken: 12/07/93
Title: HST Solar Arrays photographed by Electronic Still Camera
Description:
This close-up view of one of two Solar Arrays (SA) on the Hubble Space
Telescope (HST) was photographed with an Electronic Still Camera (ESC), and
downlinked to ground controllers soon afterward. Electronic still
photography is a technology which provides the means for a handheld camera
to electronically capture and digitize an image with resolution approaching
film quality.
Subject terms:
CAMERAS
DOWNLINKING
ELECTRONIC STILL CAMERA
ENDEAVOUR (ORBITER)
HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE
PHOTOGRAPHY
REPAIRING
SOLAR ARRAYS
STS-61
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