HST

The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) was deployed in to space in 1990 by the crew of STS-31. Since that time HST has been responsible for some of the greatest discoveries in history. Five times, Space Shuttle crews have returned to HST to upgrade the observatory to make it even better. For more information on HST go to http://hubblesite.org/. For access to the numerous images downlinked from HST go to http://www.stsci.edu/hst/

PPIA employees have a combined total of over 60 years of experience supporting HST. PPI is a subcontractor to Lockheed Martin (LM) on the Mission Operations, Systems Engineering and Software (MOSES II) contract. Mr. Larry Dunham of PPI is the MOSES II Chief Engineer for Flight. He oversees a team of over 50 engineers (from various companies) in various disciplines such as Systems Management, Ground System Integration and Test, Thermal, Electrical Power Systems, Pointing Control Systems, Science Instruments, and Data Management Systems. He was recognized in 2010 by the NASA Chief Engineer with the NASA Systems Engineering Excellence Award. Other PPIA employees provide Systems Engineering support in the areas of Attitude Control Systems and Scientific Instruments.

Missions Supported