sci15006 — Announcement
Hubble 2020: Building on 25 Years of Discovery — Symposium to celebrate 25th anniversary of Hubble’s launch
6 July 2015: Every year, the STScI organises a spring symposium on a topic of high scientific interest. This year, as we celebrated Hubble’s splendid 25 years in space, it seemed appropriate to dedicate the symposium to the amazing science done using the Hubble Space Telescope in its lifetime. As they were pondering the title for the symposium, the Science Organizing Committee (SOC) had to make a difficult choice between focusing on the great achievements of the past, or, focusing on the future, at the legacy that the next years will bring. Yes, Hubble is still going strong. As a very powerful panchromatic observatory, it is well equipped to answer a broad variety of astronomical questions, and continue observing the entire Universe, from the planets in the Solar System, to the farthest galaxies. Rejuvenated by the last Servicing Mission in 2009, all instruments are performing nominally, and — touch wood — the spacecraft …