Large cracks in the Hubble Space Telescope Light Shield solar-facing multilayer insulation (IMAGE)

NASA/Johnson Space Center

Large cracks in the Hubble Space Telescope Light Shield solar-facing multilayer insulation

Caption

Large cracks in the Hubble Space Telescope Light Shield solar-facing multilayer insulation observed during its second servicing mission after almost 7 years in space.

Credit

Townsend, High Performance Polymers

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License

Public Domain

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