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Loading up the Shuttle
NCS is stowed aboard the shuttle's bay. The NCS radiator
can be seen oriented horizontally in a snug carrier.
Blast-Off!
The Shuttle Discovery lifts off to orbit the earth and
test the NCS's systems for "space qualification".
Summary
With
the problems of the ground testing hopefully behind
it, NCS was loaded onto the shuttle bay of mission
STS-95 for on October 29th launch. The shuttle also
contained a great-deal of non-Hubble related equipment.
Senator John Glenn returned to space on this mission
as the oldest man in history to make the journey.
To the Hubble team, the mission was designated the
name "HOST" for HST Orbital Systems Test.
As NCS went into space, mission ground control anxiously
waited for the astronauts to trigger the mechanical
cooler. NCS was activated, and the Hubble team monitored
its systems for over seven days.
NCS met all its requirements and passed the space
qualification test. There was much rejoicing.
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