Aberdeen Chapter update.The Aberdeen Proving Ground Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) is a United States Army facility located near Aberdeen, Maryland (in Harford County). The Army's oldest active proving ground, it was established on October 20, 1917, six months after the United States entered World War I. (APG APG Assists Per Game (basketball) APG Assists Per Game (hockey statistic) APG Aberdeen Proving Ground APG Automated Password Generator APG Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering ) Chapter recently was briefed on the NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. Hubble Space Telescope Hubble Space Telescope (HST), the first large optical orbiting observatory. Built from 1978 to 1990 at a cost of $1.5 billion, the HST (named for astronomer E. P. Hubble) was expected to provide the clearest view yet obtained of the universe. program. Massimo Stiavelli, of the Space Telescope Science Institute The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) is the science operations center for the Hubble Space Telescope (HST; in orbit since 1990) and for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST; scheduled to be launched in 2013). , reviewed the history, capabilities and successes of the Hubble telescope. He also presented an overview of the upcoming replacement for the Hubble, the James Webb Space telescope This article or section documents a scheduled or expected spaceflight. Details may change as the launch date approaches or more information becomes available. . The Webb is an infrared-optimized telescope that can detect heat in addition to visible light. The primary mirror is six meters in diameter when deployed, and is made up of several segments that are unfolded and aligned after launch. The Hubble Space Telescope will be retired in 2010, after 20 years of service. Hubble has taken in excess of 100,000 astronomical images and has revolutionized most fields in astronomy. Examples of its main discoveries include black holes in nearby galaxies, outlining the structure of the universe and detection of the atmosphere of a planet circling another star. Stiavelli and his wife Francesca, an astronomer with the Hubble program, traveled to Harford County as part of NASA's public outreach effort. "Opportunities like this allow us to keep the public engaged with space science, while showing taxpayers where their dollars are being spent," Stiavelli explained. The APG program chairman, Jerry Nook, noted, "Even though the Hubble itself is not defense oriented, much of the technology utilized by the program has applications that would be beneficial to the defense industry," Nook said. For more information on the Space Science Telescope Institute, see http://www.stsci.edu/resources/. |
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