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Hubble's new Solar Panels arrive at ESTEC
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On 18 October 2000, Hubble Space Telescope's
new solar array arrives in The Netherlands aboard a United States Air Force transport plane. The C-5 cargo plane, carrying two trucks loaded with
the array and associated test equipment, left the U.S. from Andrews Air Force Base and landed at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam.
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Mr. H. G. Thoma, ESA Transportation and
Storage Officer, stands on Schipol tarmac with Mr. Tom Griffin, NASA's Observatory Manager for Hubble Space Telescope. Behind
them is the U.S. Air Force C-5 plane containing Hubble's solar wing and supporting test equipment.
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After rolling off the C-5 cargo plane in
Schipol, the trucks are escorted in a convoy to ESA's facility in Noordwijk for testing.
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Cocooned in its protective crating, Hubble's
solar array is safely rolled into the airlock at ESTEC.
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Hubble engineers and technicians begin unbagging the solar array's mast. ESA provided the control mechanism for this arm-like mast.
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