Life With Hubble - An insider's view of the world's most famous telescope

A behind-the-scenes narrative of the Hubble mission. Told by the now retired Senior Project Scientist for Hubble, David Leckrone, this fascinating story recounts the history of the mission from 1990 to the present day. It tells the stories of scores of individuals who made major contributions to the Hubble legacy.

About the author

David Leckrone worked as an astrophysicist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center for 40 years. From 1992-2009 he held the position of Hubble's Senior Project Scientist. Leckrone helped plan and lead five highly successful Space Shuttle servicing missions to Hubble. Concurrently with his Hubble duties, he held the position of Head of the Astronomy Branch in the Laboratory for Astronomy and Solar Physics at Goddard from 1981-1991. From 2003-2006 he served as Chief Scientist for the newly formed NASA Engineering and Safety Center, organized in response to the loss of Shuttle Columbia. Leckrone retired from NASA in 2009 and currently is an Emeritus Senior Scientist at the Goddard Space Flight Center. He and his wife, Marlene, reside in Silver Spring, Maryland. He has a son, daughter and two grandchildren.

Product details

• Authors: Dr David S. (NASA Leckrone
• Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.07.2020
• EAN: 9780750320368
• ISBN: 978-0-7503-2036-8
• No. of pages: 440
• Dimensions: 265 mm x 187 mm x 41 mm
• Weight: 1202 g
• Illustrations: With figures in colour and in black and white
• Series: AAS-IOP Astronomy
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)