Frank Cepollina

NASA's Frank Cepollina is responsible for keeping the Hubble Space Telescope operating in peak condition throughout its 20-year mission. Cepollina has been with the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center for the past 40 years and has made remarkable advances in satellite servicing techniques. Cepollina's idea to build modular satellites that can be recovered and serviced by space shuttles came to fruition in 1970 when he led the effort to develop NASA's first spacecraft to be repaired in space. He went on to lead the world's first orbiting repair mission, as well as several other service calls. In December 1993, Cepollina led the historic repair of the Hubble Space Telescope, which restored Hubble's vision. He also led his team in three additional servicing and upgrade missions to Hubble in 1997, 1999 and 2002. Each of these missions added instruments, advances and improvements not available when it was launched in 1990.

Far Electrograph Ultraviolet Camera
Satellite Servicing Techniques
Hydroaeroplane
Space Capsule Design
Retractable Landing Gear; Folding Wing
Rotor Control Mechanism for Rotary Aircraft
Altimeter
Link Trainer/Simulator
Ethyl Gasoline
Flying Wing plane; All-Metal High-Wing Monocoque Airplane (Vega)
Communications Satellite
Spin Stabilized Synchronous Communications Satellite
Turbo Jet
Jet Engine
Supercritical Wing
Small Fan-Jet Engine
Aircraft Propulsion System - Jet Engine