Battery-powered fiberscope imaging system for space-shuttle operations

Carlton S. Faller Jr.

doi:10.1117/12.156578

15 September 1993 Battery-powered fiberscope imaging system for space-shuttle operations

Carlton S. Faller Jr.

Proceedings Volume 1953, Photonics for Space Environments; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.156578
Event: Optical Engineering and Photonics in Aerospace Sensing, 1993, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

We have adapted a fiber optic and television camera imaging system for operational use in the crew cabin on space shuttle orbiter (orbiter) flights. It allows on-orbit inspection into small or confined spaces. Its main use is in-flight maintenance procedures such as examining cabin under-floor air filters, but it has also been used to observe orbiter experiments. A recent change to less sensitive cameras has dictated that a brighter light be emitted from the end of the fiberscope. We have consequently upgraded the battery-powered self-illumination capability by several orders of magnitude, which was a challenge with respect to limited touch-temperature, small admittance (area and solid-angle product) of the illuminating portion of the fiber bundle, and efficiency of getting light from a tungsten-halogen source into the fiber bundle.

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Carlton S. Faller Jr. "Battery-powered fiberscope imaging system for space-shuttle operations", Proc. SPIE 1953, Photonics for Space Environments, (15 September 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.156578

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