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IEEE-USA Supports Prolonging Life Of Hubble Space Telescope
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 02, 2005 NASA should explore all possible avenues toward prolonging the useful life of the Hubble Space Telescope, IEEE-USA said today in a statement to the House Science Committee.
Statement to House Science Committee "The Hubble telescope has resulted in some of the most important scientific discoveries in the last decade," said Dr. Russell Lefevre, IEEE-USA vice president, technology policy. "Our understanding of the universe has grown immensely, and it would be a tragedy for the world's scientific community if the servicing mission was cancelled." Launched on 25 April 1990 by the crew of the Space Shuttle Discovery, the Hubble is a cooperative program of NASA and the European Space Agency to operate a space-based observatory for the benefit of science and humanity. Just last year, it detected more than 100 planets around distant stars, captured images of distant galaxies and recorded the first images of the edge of the known universe. Space-shuttle astronauts have serviced the Hubble four times, the last servicing in 2002. A service mission would keep the Hubble operational until the James Webb Space Telescope is launched in 2011, at the earliest. Without such a mission, the 2.4-meter reflecting telescope could stop sending its photos as early as 2007. "Prospects for continued operation of Hubble until that date without a servicing mission are small," the IEEE-USA statement said. "The absence of the Hubble's extraordinary abilities would adversely impact astronomical research." Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links IEEE-USA' s November 2004 position paper SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express Space Telescope News and Technology at Skynightly.com
Carl Zeiss And Max Planck Researchers Develop Optical Technology For JWST
Heidelberg, Germany (SPX) Dec 09, 2005Carl Zeiss Optronics, in Oberkochen, Germany, and the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg (MPIA), are developing the main fine mechanical optical technology for two instruments to be part of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).
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