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>> ERIN: The
Hubble Space Telescope is one of
the most scientifically productive instruments ever

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created. I'm Erin, the social
media lead for Hubble at NASA
Goddard's Space Flight Center where Hubble is operated. It

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takes a diverse and skilled team
to make a mission like Hubble
successful, and it all starts with a group of managers...

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JIM: Managers make sure that the
people, facilities, equipment,
and other resources needed by the mission are in place and

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have overall responsibility for
the success of the Hubble
mission. I'm Jim, the deputy project manager, and I work with

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other managers to help develop
and make sure that processes are
in place that make Hubble as effective and efficient at

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collecting science data as
possible.

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>> CHIKIA: The
business part of the team makes
sure that budget, contracts, and logistics are all in place to

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make sure that work happens. I'm
Chikia, the deputy project
manager of resources, our financial team ensures that

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money is utilized properly and
funds are available to support
the many parts of the Hubble mission.

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>> ED: Engineers take
the resources from the budget to
maintain and improve spacecraft hardware usage on Hubble. We

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analyze the effective
alternatives as possible
workarounds when problems occur. I'm Ed, a systems engineer, and

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I determine how to recover the
spacecraft when problems
develop.

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>> BIJAL: Operations
personnel monitor the spacecraft

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for health and safety, looking
for anything that may go wrong,
we also send commands to the spacecraft, so it can make

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observations of the Universe. My
name is Bijal and I’m part of
the flight operations team, and I watch over the spacecraft, and

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ensure that the data collected
by Hubble’s instruments gets
down to the ground.

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>>KNICOLE: The data collected by
Hubble is then analyzed by
scientists to make

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groundbreaking discoveries
that further our understanding
of the universe. I’m Knicole and

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my job as an astronomer is to
use data to study the cosmos!

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>>ERIN: And then communications
people like myself take those

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discoveries and Hubble's
beautiful images and share them
with you. But these are just some of the careers that drive

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the Hubble Space Telescope
mission. To check out more
careers, find out how these people found themselves working

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for Hubble, and how you too may
be able to work on a mission
like Hubble, visit us at NASA.Gov slash Hubble.

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