Science and Technology
John M. Grunsfeld,Ph.D., is an astronaut and scientist
with extensive experience as a
leader in space and science
missions and national space
policy. He has served as a
NASA astronaut, the Associate
Administrator for Science and
Chief Scientist at NASA Headquarters in Washington,
D.C. His responsibilities included a $5.6 billion
portfolio of Earth Science, Astrophysics, Planetary
Science, Heliophysics, the James Webb Space
Telescope and the NOAA weather satellite program.
Professor Grunsfeld joined the NASA Astronaut Corps
in 1992. He is a veteran of five space shuttle flights,
including three flights to the Hubble Space Telescope.
He performed eight spacewalks to service and
upgrade the Hubble observatory. In 2004 and 2005,
he served as the commander and science officer on
the backup crew for Expedition 13 to the
International Space Station.
Professor Grunsfeld graduated from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1980 with a
bachelor’s degree in physics. He earned a master’s
degree and, in 1988, a doctorate in physics from
the University of Chicago. After his career as an
Astronaut, he was appointed a Professor of Physics
at the Johns Hopkins University in 2010.
A Hubble Story
Generously Sponsored by Leon and Alma Sadow
The Hubble Space Telescope story has been a
fascinating study in public policy, engineering, ethics
and science. The Hubble is perhaps the most
productive scientific instrument ever created by
humans. In May 2009, a team of astronauts flew to the
Hubble Space Telescope on space shuttle Atlantis. On
their 13-day mission and over the course of five
spacewalks, they completed an extreme makeover of
the orbiting observatory. They installed the Wide
Field Camera-3, the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph,
repaired the Advanced Camera for Surveys and the
Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph, as well as a
number of maintenance activities. These Hubble
spacewalks are considered the most challenging and
daring efforts ever of people working in space. Now,
still going strong on orbit, the Hubble has a full
complement of instruments capable of performing
state-of-the-art observations from the near infra-red to
the ultraviolet end of the spectrum. Scientific results
from the new and repaired instruments hint at a
bright scientific future for Hubble and will be
presented in the talk, as well as a narrative of the
adventures on orbit.
Register Early! There is a $5 charge for registering on the day of a one-time lecture or event.
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| Place: | Auditorium, Lifelong Learning Complex, Jupiter Campus |
| Dates: | Tuesday, January 22 2019 |
| Time: | 11:15 - 12:45 PM |
| Fee: | $30 / member; $40 / non-member |
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