Model, Space Telescope, 1:15
Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Lockheed Martin Missile and Space Corporation
- Summary
- This is a 1:15 scale model of the 1981 version of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Detailed with solar panels and some of the torsion bars and other protrusions. Built by the Lockheed Missile and Space Company who were awarded the contract for construction of the full scale telescope.
- Lockheed donated the model to NASM in 1981. This is one of three scale models of the HST in the NASM collection.
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Lockheed Missile and Space Corporation
- Inventory Number
- A19810041000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- MODELS-Uncrewed Spacecraft & Parts
- Materials
- Painted surfaces of unknown composition
- Dimensions
- Overall: 11 in. wide x 3 ft. deep (27.9 x 91.4cm)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19810041000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv97cf6f6c2-e3ac-4201-87a3-67aa8ee2f6a3
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