New Hubble Space Telescope Hardware Damaged On The Ground, SpaceRef

“According to NASA sources, last Thursday, an eye bolt supporting a lifting rig failed while off-loading the Wide-field Scientific Instrument Protective Enclosure (WSIPE) dropping the rig onto the WSIPE.”

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