Universe ID: 10474

Hubble Career Profiles

Released on July 27, 2009

These profiles begin to explore what systems engineering is as seen through the roles of Benjamin Reed and Jackie Townsend on the Hubble Space Telescope. Reed is a materials assurance engineer who has a background in chemistry and has most recently worked on improving Hubble's outer blanket layer. Townsend came to Goddard with a background in physics and has served as the instrument manager of Hubble's newest imager, Wide Field Camera 3. Through their personal backgrounds and current work, Reed and Townsend show that great engineers share patience, tenacity, and a passion for problem solving.

Credits

Ryan Fitzgibbons (UMBC): Video Editor
Benjamin Reed (NASA): Interviewee
Jackie Townsend (NASA): Interviewee
Ryan Fitzgibbons (UMBC): Producer
Jefferson Beck (UMBC): Videographer
Ryan Fitzgibbons (UMBC): Videographer

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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Data Used:

HST/WFPC2

Wide-Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) was installed in Dec 1993 and used to obtain high resolution images of astronomical objects. This camera was removed in the last servicing mission so it is no longer in service.

http://www.stsci.edu/hst/wfpc2/wfpc2_diag.html

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