LIVE INTERACTIVE YOUR DESKTOP January 28, 2010 NASA/NSTA Web Seminar Series How Telescopes Have Changed Our View of the Universe Hubble’s Universe: New Discoveries from a New and Improved HST Web Seminar IV: Hubble’s Universe: New Discoveries from a New and Improved HST Presenter: Dr. Frank Summers

Hubble: Back in Business and Better Than Ever Dr. Frank Summers Space Telescope Science Institute December 3, 2009

A Space Telescope

Place clip art under the one you believe to be the photo

Artist’s Conception WRONG Photograph CORRECT

Size of Earth Size of Earth’s Atmosphere 6400 km 600 km above surface Size of Hubble’s Orbit 100 km above surface

Poll Question What object is closest to Hubble in size? A)Small Car B)Full Size Car C)Limo D)School Bus

Hubble Servicing Missions

Launch – December 1990 WFPC, GHRS, HSP, FOC, FOS FGS can also do science

Servicing Mission 1 – December 1993 COSTAR, WFPC2 solar arrays, gyros

Servicing Mission 2 – February 1997 NICMOS, STIS fine guidance sensor, solid state recorder, reaction wheel assembly

Servicing Mission 3A – December 1999 gyroscope failure in November computer, data recorder, fine guidance sensor, electronics improvement, thermal protection

Servicing Mission 3B – March 2002 ACS solar arrays, NICMOS cooling system, reaction wheel assembly, power control unit

Servicing Mission 4 – May 2009 WFC3, COS ACS repair, STIS repair, SIC&DH, gyros, batteries, fine guidance sensor, thermal blankets, de-orbit module

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Servicing Mission 4

2002 – Servicing Mission 3B 2003 – Columbia accident 2004 – No shuttle mission? 2005 – Two gyro mode 2006 – “One final house call” A Long Awaited Mission

Can you find the shuttle? Use clip art and place it on the shuttle!

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Wide Field Camera 3 –WFC3…

Cosmic Origins Spectrograph

ACS & STIS Repair

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SIC & DH Science Instrument Command & Data Handling Unit

Batteries, Gyros, NOBLs, SCM

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The Summer of SMOV

Servicing Mission Observatory Verification Diagnostic check-out New instrument start-up Repaired instrument recovery Precise calibration

ACS artifacts in “blank” images (0 sec): (Thanks to Max Mutchler)

ACS artifacts in “blank” images (1000 sec): (Thanks to Max Mutchler)

Amplifier Crosstalk amp A chip gap amp D

NGC 6217 mosaic

NGC 6217 cleaned

NGC 6217 biased

NGC color

SMOV Highlights Nearly everything is working great Thermal situation very good Could not recover ACS HRC NICMOS cooling is back! Jupiter interruption

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Interplanetary Smackdown: Round 2

Jupiter – July 1994 Visible LightUltraviolet Light

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Butterfly Effect

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Extremes of Omega Cen

The Ghost of Carina

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Five Gals Named Stephan

WFC3 – Imaging the Universe

The Best Hubble Ever

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National Science Teachers Association Dr. Francis Q. Eberle, Executive Director Zipporah Miller, Associate Executive Director Conferences and Programs Al Byers, Assistant Executive Director e-Learning LIVE INTERACTIVE YOUR DESKTOP NSTA Web Seminars Paul Tingler, Director Jeff Layman, Technical Coordinator