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Description of Driving Event:

The Hopkins University Telescope (HUT) experiment was being aligned in the operations and checkout building using a bright light that had been obtained from technicolor government services. After approximately two hours of use without incident, the light bulb shattered, with pieces falling into the HUT experiment, causing contamination. Alignment of the HUT was not a scheduled activity at KSC. Therefore a light source was not furnished with the experiment. Data recorded at KSC indicated that the HUT was not aligned to the cruciform as expected and that a light source would be required.