Massimo Robberto Collection

This collection consists of 1 record carton of documents related to the Hubble Space Telescope’s Optical Assembly Project. The materials are dated between 1977 and 1990, with the bulk of materials produced during the 1980s. Also included is 1 unidentified floppy disk.

Massimo Robberto began working with STScI as an astronomer for the European Space Agency (ESA) in 1999. He worked on the Hubble Space Telescope Project as an instrument scientist for the infrared channel of the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). In 2005, he joined AURA as an Observatory Scientist and began working on development of the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) for the James Webb Space Telescope, and later became the branch manager for the instrument until 2022. He currently works in the STScI Community Missions Office (CMO).

Sources:

“Massimo Robberto.” Space Telescope Science Institute. Accessed February 6, 2025. https://www.stsci.edu/stsci-research/research-directory/massimo-robberto

Robberto, Massimo. “Welcome to Massimo Robberto’s Homepage.” Space Telescope Science Institute, May 2013. https://www.stsci.edu/~robberto/