National Aeronautics and Space Administration

BBXRT Gallery

Artist's conception of Astro-1 in flight

Diagram of the Astro-1 shuttle payload
which shows that the BBXRT is the instrument package at the back of the shuttle cargo bay. The instruments in the front consist of the other Astro-1 instruments: the Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope (HUT), Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UIT), and Wisconsin Ultraviolet Planetary Photometry Experiment (WUPPE).

Diagram of the BBXRT support structure

Diagram of the BBXRT telescope

Relative orientation and offset of the BBXRT pixels

BBRXT telescope being prepared for insertion in the shuttle