NASA Photo ID: STS061(E)021        File Name: 10093054.jpg
  Film Type: 35mm                    Date Taken: 12/04/93
  Title: HST High Gain Antennae photographed by Electronic Still Camera
  Description:
  This close-up view of one of the two High Gain Antennae (HGA) 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:
  ANTENNAS                                
  EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
  ELECTRONIC STILL CAMERA                 
  HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE                  
  PHOTOGRAPHY                             
  SPACEBORNE ASTRONOMY                    
  STS-61                                  
  

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