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1 Hubble: Back in Business and Better Than Ever Dr. Frank Summers Space Telescope Science Institute September 9, 2009

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3 3 Size of Earth Size of Earth’s Atmosphere 6400 km 600 km above surface Size of Hubble’s Orbit 100 km above surface

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7 7 Hubble Servicing Missions

8 8 1990

9 9 Servicing Mission 1 – December 1993 COSTAR, WFPC2 solar arrays, gyros

10 10 1993

11 11 Servicing Mission 2 – February 1997 NICMOS, STIS fine guidance sensor, solid state recorder, reaction wheel assembly

12 12 1997

13 13 Servicing Mission 3A – December 1999 gyroscope failure in November computer, data recorder, fine guidance sensor, electronics improvement, thermal protection

14 14 Servicing Mission 3B – March 2002 ACS solar arrays, NICMOS cooling system, reaction wheel assembly, power control unit

15 15 2002

16 16 Servicing Mission 4 – May 2009 WFC3, COS ACS repair, STIS repair, SIC&DH, gyros, batteries, fine guidance sensor, thermal blankets, de-orbit module

17 17 2009

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19 19 Servicing Mission 4

20 20 2002 – Servicing Mission 3B 2003 – Columbia accident 2004 – No shuttle mission? 2005 – Two gyro mode 2006 – “One final house call” A Long Awaited Mission

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32 32 Wide Field Camera 3 –WFC3…

33 33 Cosmic Origins Spectrograph

34 34 ACS & STIS Repair

35 35 SIC & DH Science Instrument Command & Data Handling Unit

36 36 Batteries, Gyros, NOBLs, SCM

37 37 The Summer of SMOV

38 38 SMOV – Servicing Mission Observatory Verification Diagnostic check-out New instrument start-up –High-voltage ramp Repaired instrument recovery Calibration –Internal & external targets

39 39 SMOV Highlights Nearly everything is working great Thermal situation very good Could not recover ACS Solar Blind Channel NICMOS cooling is back Jupiter interruption

40 40 Interplanetary Smackdown: Round 2

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43 43 Jupiter – July 1994 Visible LightUltraviolet Light

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46 46 Butterfly Effect

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58 58 Extremes of Omega Cen

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64 64 Camera Comparison

65 65 The Ghost of Carina

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74 74 Five Gals Named Stephan

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81 81 WFC3 – Imaging the Universe

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83 83 ACS – Gravitational Lensing in Abell 370

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86 86 COS – Intergalactic Filaments

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88 88 COS vs STIS

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91 91 STIS – Imaging Spectroscopy

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93 93 The Best Hubble Ever

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