What does COS stand for?

Cosmic Origins Spectrograph

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The Wide Field Camera 3 and Cosmic Origins Spectrograph were installed and the Advanced Camera for Surveys and Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph were successfully repaired.

Hubble Servicing Mission 4 comes to an end with successful landing

The two men successfully installed the new Cosmic Origins Spectrograph and repaired the Advanced Camera for Surveys, a seven-year-old imager that had an electrical problem.

US astronauts equip Hubble on third spacewalk

The two men successfully installed the new Cosmic Origins Spectrograph and repaired the Advanced Camera for Surveys, a seven-year-old imager that had an electrical problem.

US astronauts equip Hubble on third spacewalk

The planned mission would include installation of the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph, which can take ultraviolet spectra of fainter objects than STIS can but doesn't have as high a resolution.

One of Hubble's tools fails: observatory loses a sharp ultraviolet eye

NASA's Beckwith said a robotic mission would not be complete without installing the Wide Field Camera 3, capable of investigating the early formation of galaxies, and the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph, which will be able to study the distribution of matter between stars and galaxies.

NASA hoping for robotic service call on Hubble telescope

They also installed two new instruments: the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) and the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3).

Bal Seal Springs Aid Astronauts in Hubble Repair

Saturday's outing began with the installation of the new Cosmic Origins Spectrograph, an instrument that analyzes the light from stars, planets and other astronomical objects rather than taking pictures.

Astronauts to make fourth walk to repair Hubble