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Open House: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. at 520 Edgemont Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903. (Parking available on site.)
Do You Want to be a Scientist? Career TalksCome talk with engineers, physicists and astronomers about the economic and professional opportunities of different exciting and rewarding jobs in science. Noon – Spanish 1 p.m. – English 2 p.m. – Spanish 3 p.m. – English Evening Lecture with Dr. John Grunsfeld, Hubble Astronaut: 7:00 p.m. at UVA Chemistry Building, Room 402. (Free parking at the nearby Scott Stadium parking lot.)A Hubble Story: 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 5 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. The Hubble Space Telescope story has been a fascinating study in public policy, engineering, ethics, and science. For the first time 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. Attendees to the Open House will receive priority seating passes for Dr. Grunsfeld's lecture. Open House Speaker Schedule
   The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is a facility of the National Science Foundation operated under cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Inc. |