The Space Telescope Science Institute (STSCI) is the science operations center for the Hubble Space Telescope and for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST; scheduled to be launched in 2018). STSCI is located on the Johns Hopkins UniversityHomewood Campus in Baltimore, Maryland and was established in 1981 as a community-based science center that is operated for NASA by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA). Today, in addition to performing continuing science operations of HST and preparing for scientific exploration with JWST, STScI manages and operates the Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes (MAST), the Data Management Center for the Kepler mission and a number of other activities benefiting from its expertise in and infrastructure for supporting the operations of space-based astronomical observatories. Most of the funding for STScI activities comes from contracts with NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center but there are smaller activities funded by NASA's Ames Research Center, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the European Space Agency (ESA). The staff at STScI consists of scientists (mostly astronomers and astrophysicists), software engineers, data management and telescope operations personnel, education and public outreach experts, and administrative and business support personnel. There are approximately 100 Ph.D. scientists working at STScI, 15 of which are ESA staff who are on assignment to the HST project. The total STScI staff consists of about 450 people.
A space observatory is any instrument (such as a telescope) in outer space that is used for observation of distant planets, galaxies and other outer space objects. The first such space observatory was the Hubble Space Telescope launched in 1990. Space observatories avoid many of the problems of ground observatories, such as light pollution and the filtering and distortion of electromagnetic radiation (scintillation).
In 1946, American theoretical astrophysicist Lyman Spitzer was the first to conceive the idea of a telescope in outer space, a decade before the Soviet Union launched the first satellite, Sputnik 1.
Spitzer's proposal called for a large telescope that would not be hindered by Earth's atmosphere. After lobbying in the 1960s and 70s for such a system to be built, Spitzer's vision ultimately materialized into the Hubble Space Telescope, which was launched on April 24, 1990 by the Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-31).
An introduction to the Space Telescope Science Institute, home of the science operations of the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes, the Kepler Data Management Center, Hubble and Webb education and outreach and the optical/UV/near-IR space data archive.
published: 06 Jan 2014
Space Telescope Science Institute: Join the Team
Join the team that operates and manages Science Operations for the Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope. Experience the wonder of 21st century space exploration in a job that offers a competitive salary and generous benefits. The Space Telescope Science Institute is located on the Johns Hopkins University Campus in Baltimore, Maryland.
published: 04 Jan 2016
Roman Space Telescope — Transients
Roman won’t just discover galaxies, it will peer within them as well. Roman will observe transients—objects that change their brightness over a short period of time—to characterize the environments within the centers of galaxies. Astronomers expect to see tidal disruption events, an example of a transient event where stars are ripped apart by black holes, in these chaotic galactic centers.
This survey telescope can also further gravitational wave studies by locating the events that generate some of them, allowing for follow-up observations by ground-based observatories.
#astronomy #space #nasa #romanspacetelescope #romantelescope #nasaroman #galaxies #transients #surveytelescope
published: 22 May 2024
Astronomers at Work - Space Telescope Science Institute
Ever wonder what it's like to be an astronomer? We asked our staff to show us what an average day in the life of an astronomer looks like.
Turns out there is a lot of screen time. Research is a vital part of being an astronomer. Because telescope data is available via computer programs, a lot of that research takes place on a computer screen.
#astronomer #astronomy #AstronomersAtWork #AtWork #DayInTheLife #WorkplaceFun #OfficeSetting #science #space #scientist #explore
published: 04 Jun 2024
Kathryn Flanagan -- Space Telescope Science Institute
Kathryn Flanagan is the Deputy Director of the Space Telescope Science Institute which provides the science operations for the Hubble Space Telescope and will operate both the science and mission operations for the James Webb Space Telescope in 2018.
published: 22 Mar 2013
Space Telescope Science Institute Uses AWS to Increase Accessibility of Astronomical Data
Learn more about AWS in the Public Sector at - https://amzn.to/2M3bPm0.
Imagine managing high-value datasets for the entire global astronomical community. That’s what Iva Momcheva and Arfon Smith do at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) every day. By using AWS, STScI has the storage and compute resources necessary to manage big data and support wider access to the telescope data they store.
published: 01 Aug 2018
James Webb Space Telescope Orbit - Animation #shorts
This animation illustrates the James Webb Space Telescope's orbit as seen from above the Sun's north pole.
Webb does not orbit around the Earth. Instead, it orbits the Sun, 1.5 million kilometers (1 million miles) away from the Earth at what is called the second Lagrange Point, or L2. This orbit lets Webb stay in line with the Earth as it moves around the Sun, allowing its sunshield to always provide the telescope protection from the light and heat of the Sun and Earth (and Moon).
Credit: NASA-GSFC
#NASAWebb #JWST #webb #webbspacetelescope #webbtelescope #unfoldtheuniverse #orbit #WebbOrbit #L2 #LagrangePoint #millionmiles #animation #space #universe #astronomy #spaceexploration #spaceview
published: 02 Aug 2024
JWST Mission Operations Center at STScI
How do you command NASA’s next flagship mission? After the James Webb Space Telescope launches, the observatory will be controlled from its Mission Operations Center at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Maryland. STScI, located on the Homewood campus of Johns Hopkins University, has supported Hubble Space Telescope science operations for more than three decades. We’ll be doing the same for Webb throughout its lifetime.
Footage for this video was shot at a time when mask usage for indoor spaces was optional for vaccinated individuals per COVID-19 guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
This video is available for media use in multiple formats. Downloadable versions are available here: https://outerspace.stsci.edu/pages/viewpage.action?spaceK...
published: 29 Nov 2021
National Science Board 492nd Meeting
published: 06 Dec 2024
Cassiopeia A Zoom — Webb Space Telescope #Shorts
This zoom-in video shows the relative location of supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A) on the sky. It begins with a ground-based photo by the late astrophotographer Akira Fujii.
As it zooms into smaller portions of the sky, it fades into an image from the Digital Sky Survey. It ends by crossfading into an image of Cas A from NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) on the James Webb Space Telescope, with added borders from a Hubble Space Telescope image.
Credit: Video: NASA, ESA, CSA, Alyssa Pagan (STScI); Acknowledgment: Akira Fujii , David Malin DSS.
#astronomy #space #jwst #nasawebb #stsci #webb #nasa #esa #webbspacetelescope #csa #webbtelescope #CassiopeiaA #supernova #supernovaremnant #zoomin #zoom #hubble #infrared
An introduction to the Space Telescope Science Institute, home of the science operations of the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes, the Kepler Data Manageme...
An introduction to the Space Telescope Science Institute, home of the science operations of the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes, the Kepler Data Management Center, Hubble and Webb education and outreach and the optical/UV/near-IR space data archive.
An introduction to the Space Telescope Science Institute, home of the science operations of the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes, the Kepler Data Management Center, Hubble and Webb education and outreach and the optical/UV/near-IR space data archive.
Join the team that operates and manages Science Operations for the Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope. Experience the wonder of 21st cent...
Join the team that operates and manages Science Operations for the Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope. Experience the wonder of 21st century space exploration in a job that offers a competitive salary and generous benefits. The Space Telescope Science Institute is located on the Johns Hopkins University Campus in Baltimore, Maryland.
Join the team that operates and manages Science Operations for the Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope. Experience the wonder of 21st century space exploration in a job that offers a competitive salary and generous benefits. The Space Telescope Science Institute is located on the Johns Hopkins University Campus in Baltimore, Maryland.
Roman won’t just discover galaxies, it will peer within them as well. Roman will observe transients—objects that change their brightness over a short period of ...
Roman won’t just discover galaxies, it will peer within them as well. Roman will observe transients—objects that change their brightness over a short period of time—to characterize the environments within the centers of galaxies. Astronomers expect to see tidal disruption events, an example of a transient event where stars are ripped apart by black holes, in these chaotic galactic centers.
This survey telescope can also further gravitational wave studies by locating the events that generate some of them, allowing for follow-up observations by ground-based observatories.
#astronomy #space #nasa #romanspacetelescope #romantelescope #nasaroman #galaxies #transients #surveytelescope
Roman won’t just discover galaxies, it will peer within them as well. Roman will observe transients—objects that change their brightness over a short period of time—to characterize the environments within the centers of galaxies. Astronomers expect to see tidal disruption events, an example of a transient event where stars are ripped apart by black holes, in these chaotic galactic centers.
This survey telescope can also further gravitational wave studies by locating the events that generate some of them, allowing for follow-up observations by ground-based observatories.
#astronomy #space #nasa #romanspacetelescope #romantelescope #nasaroman #galaxies #transients #surveytelescope
Ever wonder what it's like to be an astronomer? We asked our staff to show us what an average day in the life of an astronomer looks like.
Turns out there is a...
Ever wonder what it's like to be an astronomer? We asked our staff to show us what an average day in the life of an astronomer looks like.
Turns out there is a lot of screen time. Research is a vital part of being an astronomer. Because telescope data is available via computer programs, a lot of that research takes place on a computer screen.
#astronomer #astronomy #AstronomersAtWork #AtWork #DayInTheLife #WorkplaceFun #OfficeSetting #science #space #scientist #explore
Ever wonder what it's like to be an astronomer? We asked our staff to show us what an average day in the life of an astronomer looks like.
Turns out there is a lot of screen time. Research is a vital part of being an astronomer. Because telescope data is available via computer programs, a lot of that research takes place on a computer screen.
#astronomer #astronomy #AstronomersAtWork #AtWork #DayInTheLife #WorkplaceFun #OfficeSetting #science #space #scientist #explore
Kathryn Flanagan is the Deputy Director of the Space Telescope Science Institute which provides the science operations for the Hubble Space Telescope and will o...
Kathryn Flanagan is the Deputy Director of the Space Telescope Science Institute which provides the science operations for the Hubble Space Telescope and will operate both the science and mission operations for the James Webb Space Telescope in 2018.
Kathryn Flanagan is the Deputy Director of the Space Telescope Science Institute which provides the science operations for the Hubble Space Telescope and will operate both the science and mission operations for the James Webb Space Telescope in 2018.
Learn more about AWS in the Public Sector at - https://amzn.to/2M3bPm0.
Imagine managing high-value datasets for the entire global astronomical community. That’...
Learn more about AWS in the Public Sector at - https://amzn.to/2M3bPm0.
Imagine managing high-value datasets for the entire global astronomical community. That’s what Iva Momcheva and Arfon Smith do at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) every day. By using AWS, STScI has the storage and compute resources necessary to manage big data and support wider access to the telescope data they store.
Learn more about AWS in the Public Sector at - https://amzn.to/2M3bPm0.
Imagine managing high-value datasets for the entire global astronomical community. That’s what Iva Momcheva and Arfon Smith do at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) every day. By using AWS, STScI has the storage and compute resources necessary to manage big data and support wider access to the telescope data they store.
This animation illustrates the James Webb Space Telescope's orbit as seen from above the Sun's north pole.
Webb does not orbit around the Earth. Instead, it or...
This animation illustrates the James Webb Space Telescope's orbit as seen from above the Sun's north pole.
Webb does not orbit around the Earth. Instead, it orbits the Sun, 1.5 million kilometers (1 million miles) away from the Earth at what is called the second Lagrange Point, or L2. This orbit lets Webb stay in line with the Earth as it moves around the Sun, allowing its sunshield to always provide the telescope protection from the light and heat of the Sun and Earth (and Moon).
Credit: NASA-GSFC
#NASAWebb #JWST #webb #webbspacetelescope #webbtelescope #unfoldtheuniverse #orbit #WebbOrbit #L2 #LagrangePoint #millionmiles #animation #space #universe #astronomy #spaceexploration #spaceview
This animation illustrates the James Webb Space Telescope's orbit as seen from above the Sun's north pole.
Webb does not orbit around the Earth. Instead, it orbits the Sun, 1.5 million kilometers (1 million miles) away from the Earth at what is called the second Lagrange Point, or L2. This orbit lets Webb stay in line with the Earth as it moves around the Sun, allowing its sunshield to always provide the telescope protection from the light and heat of the Sun and Earth (and Moon).
Credit: NASA-GSFC
#NASAWebb #JWST #webb #webbspacetelescope #webbtelescope #unfoldtheuniverse #orbit #WebbOrbit #L2 #LagrangePoint #millionmiles #animation #space #universe #astronomy #spaceexploration #spaceview
How do you command NASA’s next flagship mission? After the James Webb Space Telescope launches, the observatory will be controlled from its Mission Operations C...
How do you command NASA’s next flagship mission? After the James Webb Space Telescope launches, the observatory will be controlled from its Mission Operations Center at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Maryland. STScI, located on the Homewood campus of Johns Hopkins University, has supported Hubble Space Telescope science operations for more than three decades. We’ll be doing the same for Webb throughout its lifetime.
Footage for this video was shot at a time when mask usage for indoor spaces was optional for vaccinated individuals per COVID-19 guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
This video is available for media use in multiple formats. Downloadable versions are available here: https://outerspace.stsci.edu/pages/viewpage.action?spaceKey=JMR&title=JWST+Media+Resources+Home
Video credit: STScI
Created by Human Being Productions
How do you command NASA’s next flagship mission? After the James Webb Space Telescope launches, the observatory will be controlled from its Mission Operations Center at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Maryland. STScI, located on the Homewood campus of Johns Hopkins University, has supported Hubble Space Telescope science operations for more than three decades. We’ll be doing the same for Webb throughout its lifetime.
Footage for this video was shot at a time when mask usage for indoor spaces was optional for vaccinated individuals per COVID-19 guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
This video is available for media use in multiple formats. Downloadable versions are available here: https://outerspace.stsci.edu/pages/viewpage.action?spaceKey=JMR&title=JWST+Media+Resources+Home
Video credit: STScI
Created by Human Being Productions
This zoom-in video shows the relative location of supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A) on the sky. It begins with a ground-based photo by the late astrophotog...
This zoom-in video shows the relative location of supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A) on the sky. It begins with a ground-based photo by the late astrophotographer Akira Fujii.
As it zooms into smaller portions of the sky, it fades into an image from the Digital Sky Survey. It ends by crossfading into an image of Cas A from NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) on the James Webb Space Telescope, with added borders from a Hubble Space Telescope image.
Credit: Video: NASA, ESA, CSA, Alyssa Pagan (STScI); Acknowledgment: Akira Fujii , David Malin DSS.
#astronomy #space #jwst #nasawebb #stsci #webb #nasa #esa #webbspacetelescope #csa #webbtelescope #CassiopeiaA #supernova #supernovaremnant #zoomin #zoom #hubble #infrared
This zoom-in video shows the relative location of supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A) on the sky. It begins with a ground-based photo by the late astrophotographer Akira Fujii.
As it zooms into smaller portions of the sky, it fades into an image from the Digital Sky Survey. It ends by crossfading into an image of Cas A from NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) on the James Webb Space Telescope, with added borders from a Hubble Space Telescope image.
Credit: Video: NASA, ESA, CSA, Alyssa Pagan (STScI); Acknowledgment: Akira Fujii , David Malin DSS.
#astronomy #space #jwst #nasawebb #stsci #webb #nasa #esa #webbspacetelescope #csa #webbtelescope #CassiopeiaA #supernova #supernovaremnant #zoomin #zoom #hubble #infrared
An introduction to the Space Telescope Science Institute, home of the science operations of the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes, the Kepler Data Management Center, Hubble and Webb education and outreach and the optical/UV/near-IR space data archive.
Join the team that operates and manages Science Operations for the Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope. Experience the wonder of 21st century space exploration in a job that offers a competitive salary and generous benefits. The Space Telescope Science Institute is located on the Johns Hopkins University Campus in Baltimore, Maryland.
Roman won’t just discover galaxies, it will peer within them as well. Roman will observe transients—objects that change their brightness over a short period of time—to characterize the environments within the centers of galaxies. Astronomers expect to see tidal disruption events, an example of a transient event where stars are ripped apart by black holes, in these chaotic galactic centers.
This survey telescope can also further gravitational wave studies by locating the events that generate some of them, allowing for follow-up observations by ground-based observatories.
#astronomy #space #nasa #romanspacetelescope #romantelescope #nasaroman #galaxies #transients #surveytelescope
Ever wonder what it's like to be an astronomer? We asked our staff to show us what an average day in the life of an astronomer looks like.
Turns out there is a lot of screen time. Research is a vital part of being an astronomer. Because telescope data is available via computer programs, a lot of that research takes place on a computer screen.
#astronomer #astronomy #AstronomersAtWork #AtWork #DayInTheLife #WorkplaceFun #OfficeSetting #science #space #scientist #explore
Kathryn Flanagan is the Deputy Director of the Space Telescope Science Institute which provides the science operations for the Hubble Space Telescope and will operate both the science and mission operations for the James Webb Space Telescope in 2018.
Learn more about AWS in the Public Sector at - https://amzn.to/2M3bPm0.
Imagine managing high-value datasets for the entire global astronomical community. That’s what Iva Momcheva and Arfon Smith do at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) every day. By using AWS, STScI has the storage and compute resources necessary to manage big data and support wider access to the telescope data they store.
This animation illustrates the James Webb Space Telescope's orbit as seen from above the Sun's north pole.
Webb does not orbit around the Earth. Instead, it orbits the Sun, 1.5 million kilometers (1 million miles) away from the Earth at what is called the second Lagrange Point, or L2. This orbit lets Webb stay in line with the Earth as it moves around the Sun, allowing its sunshield to always provide the telescope protection from the light and heat of the Sun and Earth (and Moon).
Credit: NASA-GSFC
#NASAWebb #JWST #webb #webbspacetelescope #webbtelescope #unfoldtheuniverse #orbit #WebbOrbit #L2 #LagrangePoint #millionmiles #animation #space #universe #astronomy #spaceexploration #spaceview
How do you command NASA’s next flagship mission? After the James Webb Space Telescope launches, the observatory will be controlled from its Mission Operations Center at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Maryland. STScI, located on the Homewood campus of Johns Hopkins University, has supported Hubble Space Telescope science operations for more than three decades. We’ll be doing the same for Webb throughout its lifetime.
Footage for this video was shot at a time when mask usage for indoor spaces was optional for vaccinated individuals per COVID-19 guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
This video is available for media use in multiple formats. Downloadable versions are available here: https://outerspace.stsci.edu/pages/viewpage.action?spaceKey=JMR&title=JWST+Media+Resources+Home
Video credit: STScI
Created by Human Being Productions
This zoom-in video shows the relative location of supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A) on the sky. It begins with a ground-based photo by the late astrophotographer Akira Fujii.
As it zooms into smaller portions of the sky, it fades into an image from the Digital Sky Survey. It ends by crossfading into an image of Cas A from NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) on the James Webb Space Telescope, with added borders from a Hubble Space Telescope image.
Credit: Video: NASA, ESA, CSA, Alyssa Pagan (STScI); Acknowledgment: Akira Fujii , David Malin DSS.
#astronomy #space #jwst #nasawebb #stsci #webb #nasa #esa #webbspacetelescope #csa #webbtelescope #CassiopeiaA #supernova #supernovaremnant #zoomin #zoom #hubble #infrared
The Space Telescope Science Institute (STSCI) is the science operations center for the Hubble Space Telescope and for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST; scheduled to be launched in 2018). STSCI is located on the Johns Hopkins UniversityHomewood Campus in Baltimore, Maryland and was established in 1981 as a community-based science center that is operated for NASA by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA). Today, in addition to performing continuing science operations of HST and preparing for scientific exploration with JWST, STScI manages and operates the Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes (MAST), the Data Management Center for the Kepler mission and a number of other activities benefiting from its expertise in and infrastructure for supporting the operations of space-based astronomical observatories. Most of the funding for STScI activities comes from contracts with NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center but there are smaller activities funded by NASA's Ames Research Center, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the European Space Agency (ESA). The staff at STScI consists of scientists (mostly astronomers and astrophysicists), software engineers, data management and telescope operations personnel, education and public outreach experts, and administrative and business support personnel. There are approximately 100 Ph.D. scientists working at STScI, 15 of which are ESA staff who are on assignment to the HST project. The total STScI staff consists of about 450 people.