A NEW $30 MILLION CAMERA, to be built by Ball Aerospace, will be installed on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) during the third Space Shuttle servicing mission in November 1999. Called the Hubble Advanced Camera for Exploration (HACE), the unit's capabilities will be a major enhancement to the HST's present Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2, fitted into the telescope during the first servicing mission in December 1993 (see picture). NASA will decide in 1996 which instrument aboard the HST will be replaced by the HACE. The second routine-servicing mission for the HST will be carried out from the STS 88/Endeavour in August 1997.
Source: Flight International