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Thursday, 20 August 2009 06:02 |
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It's the third week of August and already some of my friends on Facebook are talking about their kids going back to school. It struck me as weird because I don't have my summer vacation until next next week. My kids start school the following week. Seems those times of school starting after Labor Day (3 weeks away) are long gone.
Here at Space Telescope, August has been a month for getting back to work with Hubble. Servicing Mission Observatory Verification (SMOV) has been progressing all summer long with very good results. We even got a bonus: NICMOS is back to cool!
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Sunday, 01 March 2009 11:29 |
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Thank you for visiting my website. Please note that it is currently under construction.
Please enjoy what content there is, but know that it may change or be re-organized at any point in the near future.
My previous website, which contains the cool scientific visualizations for which I am well known, is located at http://terpsichore.stsci.edu/~summers/. I plan to move content over from that site to here as I have time. |
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Tuesday, 19 May 2009 06:35 |
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 On May 13, 2009, the space shuttle Atlantis slowly approached the Hubble Space Telescope. Hundreds of my colleagues and I were packed into the auditorium at the Space Telescope Science Institute, watching the live feed on NASA TV. I was posting to twitter (I am @franksummers) and following the live feed of other folks' postings (called tweets) about NASA and Hubble.
During the rendezvous with Hubble, the tweet stream became a flood. More than one tweet per second flowed across my laptop screen. People were not just watching the event, they were enthralled by it. Post after post was filled with excitement and declared their newfound addiction to this unfolding real-time real-life drama.
Could it be that the Hubble Servicing Misison was the ultimate reality show?
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Wednesday, 13 May 2009 13:25 |
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May 11, 2009
AP News Story
I was quoted in this Associated Press story by Seth Borenstein. I remeber having a long conversation with the reporter, and it is always interesting to see what quotes are chosen. I got three sentences and am in the company of astronaut John Grunsfeld, NASA big-wigs Ed Weiler and David Leckrone, as well as fellow STScI astronomer Mario Livio. Plus, I got the last word.
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Sunday, 26 April 2009 06:54 |
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May 7, 2009
NightLife event, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA
Over its 19 years of operation, the Hubble Space Telescope has provided some of the most breath-taking views of the universe as well as some of the most ground-breaking discoveries in astronomy. Hubble's amazing and intriguing images have earned it the reputation as arguably the most important telescope since Galileo's. In May 2009, NASA astronauts will visit Hubble for the last time. This mission will both restore the observatory to full operations and enhance it with new capabilities. With five spacewalks and repairs never conceived by the designers, this will be the most challenging mission NASA has ever attempted. Join us for a look back at the magnificent universe Hubble has uncovered and a look forward to incredible visions not yet revealed.
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