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Title Hubble's legacy [electronic resource] : reflections by those who dreamed it, built it, and observed the universe with it / edited by Roger D. Launius and David H. DeVorkin.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2014.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Federal Documents Online  SI 1.60:H 86    ---  Available
Description 1 online resource (xvi, 220 pages) : illustrations.
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Series A Smithsonian contribution to knowledge
Smithsonian contribution to knowledge.
Note Title from title screen (viewed Oct. 31, 2014).
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Conceiving of the Hubble Space Telescope : personal reflections / Nancy Grace Roman -- Steps toward the Hubble Space Telescope / C. Robert O'Dell -- Building the Hubble Space Telescope as a serviceable national facility / Edward J. Weiler -- Constructing the wide field planetary camera 2 / John Trauger -- The corrective optics space telescope axial replacement (COSTAR) / Harold J. Reitsema -- Hubble : mission impossible / John M. Grunsfeld -- Recommissioning Hubble : refurbished and better than ever / Kenneth R. Sembach -- The secrets of Hubble's success / David S. Leckrone -- Creating Hubble's imagery / Zoltan Levay -- Displaying the beauty of the truth : Hubble images as art and science / Elizabeth A. Kessler.
Subject Hubble Space Telescope (Spacecraft) -- History -- Congresses.
Hubble Space Telescope (Spacecraft) (OCoLC)fst00664750
Space astronomy -- History -- Congresses.
Space astronomy. (OCoLC)fst01127649
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings. (OCoLC)fst01423772
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author Launius, Roger D., editor of compilation.
DeVorkin, David H., 1944- editor of compilation.
Smithsonian Institution. Press, publisher.
Other Form: Print version: Hubble's legacy. Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2014 9781935623328 (DLC) 2013044559 (OCoLC)864418172
ISBN 9781935623335 (online pdf)
1935623338 (online pdf)
Gpo Item No. 0910-A-14 (online)
Sudoc No. SI 1.60:H 86

 
    
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