Download or read book SIRTF Space Infrared Telescope Facility written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Space InfraRed Telescope Facility SIRTF written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features the Space InfraRed Telescope Facility (SIRTF), which is currently under design by NASA. SIRTF is a cryogenic ally cooled observatory capable of studying objects ranging from our solar system to the distant reaches of the Universe. Notes that the Facility will consist of a 0.85-meter diameter telescope and three scientific instruments capable of performing imaging and spectroscopy in the 3-180 micron wavelength regime. Includes information on SIRTF science goals, what it will look like, and how the community will use SIRTF.
Download or read book Making the Invisible Visible written by Natoinal Space Administration and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-11-03 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication, "Making the Invisible Visible: A History of the Spitzer Infrared Telescope Facility (1971-2003)," makes visible the invisible forces that influenced the design of Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF's) innovative technology. The lessons learned by the project team over the course of building SIRTF, now better known as the Spitzer Space Telescope, are about managing innovation over time and in the face of uncertainty. These are universal lessons, applicable to any project whose stakeholders control the necessary resources. SIRTF's stakeholders focused on a variety of issues: technical, scientific, political, and economic, as well as organizational needs and goals. What made SIRTF's evolution particularly difficult was that the stakeholders changed over time-in their composition, goals, and influence.
Download or read book SIRTF the Shuttle Infrared Telescope Facility written by Michael W. Werner and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Space InfraRed Telescope Facility SIRTF written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features the Space InfraRed Telescope Facility (SIRTF), which is currently under design by NASA. SIRTF is a cryogenic ally cooled observatory capable of studying objects ranging from our solar system to the distant reaches of the Universe. Notes that the Facility will consist of a 0.85-meter diameter telescope and three scientific instruments capable of performing imaging and spectroscopy in the 3-180 micron wavelength regime. Includes information on SIRTF science goals, what it will look like, and how the community will use SIRTF.
Download or read book SIRTF written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Making the Invisible Visible written by Renee M. Rottner and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-17 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early 1970s, there was a small group of advocates for an infrared space telescope; however, the field of infrared astronomy was only a few years old, and no one had ever built a space-based observatory of the required complexity. Considering the technical, political, scientific, and economic uncertainties, it was not obvious that a project like SIRTF could-or should-be dared by NASA. How did SIRTF manage to overcome these uncertainties? This monograph makes visible the invisible forces that influenced the design of SIRTF's innovative technology. The lessons learned by the project team over the course of building SIRTF, now better known as the Spitzer Space Telescope, are about managing innovation over time and in the face of uncertainty.
Download or read book Space Infrared Telescope Facility Project written by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-11 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The functions undertaken during this reporting period were: to inform the planetary science community of the progress and status of the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) Project; to solicit input from the planetary science community on needs and requirements of planetary science in the use of SIRTF at such time that it becomes an operational facility; and a white paper was prepared on the use of the SIRTF for solar system studies. Cruikshank, Dale P. Unspecified Center NAG2-424...
Download or read book System Requirements and Design for the Space Infrared Telescope Facility SIRTF written by William I. McLaughlin and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Last of the Great Observatories written by George H. Rieke and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Spitzer Space Observatory, originally known as the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF), is the last of the four “Great Observatories”, which also include the Hubble Space Telescope, the Chandra X-ray Observatory, and the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory. Developed over twenty years and dubbed the “Infrared Hubble", Spitzer was launched in the summer of 2003 and has since contributed significantly to our understanding of the universe. George Rieke played a key role in Spitzer and now relates the story of how that observatory was built and launched into space. Telling the story of this single mission within the context of NASA space science over two turbulent decades, he describes how, after a tortuous political trail to approval, Spitzer was started at the peak of NASA’s experiment with streamlining and downsizing its mission development process, termed “faster better cheaper.” Up to its official start and even afterward, Spitzer was significant not merely in terms of its scientific value but because it stood at the center of major changes in space science policy and politics. Through interviews with many of the project participants, Rieke reconstructs the political and managerial process by which space missions are conceived, approved, and developed. He reveals that by the time Spitzer had been completed, a number of mission failures had undermined faith in “faster-better-cheaper” and a more conservative approach was imposed. Rieke examines in detail the premises behind “faster better cheaper,” their strengths and weaknesses, and their ultimate impact within the context of NASA’s continuing search for the best way to build future missions. Rieke’s participant’s perspective takes readers inside Congress and NASA to trace the progress of missions prior to the excitement of the launch, revealing the enormously complex and often disheartening political process that needs to be negotiated. He also shares some of the new observations and discoveries made by Spitzer in just its first year of operation. As the only book devoted to the Spitzer mission, The Last of the Great Observatories is a story at the nexus of politics and science, shedding new light on both spheres as it contemplates the future of mankind’s exploration of the universe.
Download or read book Infrared Array Camera for the Space Infrared Telescope Facility SIRTF written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory features information on the Infrared Array Camera for the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF). The camera is one of three focal plane instruments of the SIRTF. The camera will study the early universe, search for supernovae and brown dwarfs, study ultraluminous galaxies and active galactic nuclei, and discover and study protoplanetary and planetary debris disks.
Download or read book Thermal and Cryogenic Study for the Space Infrared Telescope Facility SIRTF written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pointing and Control System Design Study for the Space Infrared Telescope Facility SIRTF written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Announcement of Opportunity written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Thermal and Cryogenic Design Study for Space Infrared Telescope Facility SIRTF written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Making the Invisible Visible written by Renee M. Rottner and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-08 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science
Download or read book Study of Alternate Optical and Fine Guidance Sensor Designs for the Space Infrared Telescope Facility SIRTF written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
