Click below for the archived webcasts.
March
2, 2002 1:00 p.m. PST
Hubble
Servicing Mission launch
Fresh
from the launch viewing area at
Kennedy
Space Center
, Ron Hipschman will show images and
recount what it’s like to watch at shuttle launch
from three miles away. We'll also preview the mission
and the tasks the astronauts will be doing during
their five planned space walks.
March
3, 2002 1:00 p.m. PST
Preparing
for Space
In
an exclusive taped interview, Hubble payload commander
and astronaut John Grunsfeld will discuss how astronauts
train in a
giant
pool
at the
Johnson
Space Center
for servicing a telescope in space.
We'll also show an interview with space engineer Amy
Ross filmed in the space suit laboratory at Johnson.
March
5, 2002 1:00 p.m. PST
Hubble and the "Next Generation"
Find out about Hubble's
new solar arrays and talk with
Dr.
Bruce Margon
, Associate Director for Science,
Space
Telescope Science Institute
. We discuss the future
of
Hubble
and it's future replacement, the
Next
Generation Telescope
.
March
6, 2002 1:00 p.m. PST
It's All About Power and the ACS
Learn about the successful
replacement of the
Power
Control Unit (PCU)
and listen as we talk with
Mark Clampin, part of the team that developed the
Advanced
Camera for Surveys
scheduled for installation
tonight.
March
7, 2002 1:00 p.m. PST
New Eyes for Hubble
The
Advanced
Camera for Surveys (ACS)
was successfully installed.
In preparation for the installation of the
NICMOS
Cooling System
tomorrow, the astronauts also installed
the Electronics Support Module. We also talk with
Massimo
Stiavelli
, a scientist at the Space Telescope
Science Institute about his involvement with the ACS
and the future
Wide
Field Planetary Camera 3 (WFPC3)
scheduled to
be installed during the next servicing mission in
2004.
March
8, 2002 1:00 p.m. PST
A 'Fridge' for NICMOS
The
Near
Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS)
will be brought back to life with the installation
of the new experimental
NICMOS
cryo-cooler
. The cryo-cooler updates the technology
from that of an icebox to a modern refrigerator. We
also talk to
Keith
Noll
, head if the
Hubble
Heritage Project
, which is responsible for bringing
us those stunning pictures from deep space.
March
9, 2002 1:00 p.m. PST
Summing It Up
Ron and Robyn sum up the last five days of spacewalks, and show a couple good-bye conferences with the shuttle astronauts.
Live
Programs April 19-24, 2001
We'll
be hosting live, internet broadcasts from the Space
Telescope Science Institute and
Goddard
Space Flight Center
in Maryland, and the Exploratorium
in San Francisco. Via a live video link, we'll take
you on a virtual tour of the scientific and operational
activities that extend our vision of space and time.
Find out how the telescope sees, who gets to point
it , and at what. Discover what the telescope tells
us about the Universe, its past and its future.
Best of
all,
see the Exploratorium
crew
in bunny
suits
, as they tour NASA's clean room and
show you new instruments that will be taken to Hubble
on the next servicing mission.
All times
given are in the Pacific time zone.
April
19, 11 a.m. PDT
Why
a Telescope in Space?
We'll
find out what's so special about putting a telescope
above the atmosphere, by making a live visit to Flight
Operations and talking with scientists who have nurtured
Hubble from the beginning.
April
20, 11 a.m.
PDT
Getting
time on the Telescope
How
much time does an astronomer need to get that great
picture? We'll talk with scientists about how they
determine their experiments, and learn what it takes
to make their case for a few minutes of the telescope's
time.
April
21, 1 p.m.
PDT
Making
Sense of What Hubble Gives Us
Hubble's
pictures have changed our understanding of the galaxy.
We'll meet some scientists who will show us how their
images have led to knew discoveries. And we'll check
in on our own imaging project and track its progress.
April
22, 1 p.m.
PDT
Astronomy
to Art: Making Hubble Heritage
A
unique chance to watch the live progression of the
making of a Hubble image! We'll select an image to
follow over the course of the following webcasts,
showing you the steps along the way as it goes from
raw data to a full-color picture. And we'll talk with
people who bring Hubble's fantastic images to the
public.
Part
2 of the previous program.
April
24, 11 a.m.
PDT
Last
Stop Before Space
The
first-ever live event inside the NASA clean room where
space hardware is being prepared for the Hubble Space
Telescope. We'll get dressed in "bunny suits" to explore
the room and show you the activities of engineers
and scientists getting ready for the next Hubble servicing
mission in November.
