Dates1977-03-18 - 2010-08-06Extent1 record carton (16.125 x 13.125 x 10.5 inches)DonorSembach, KennethScope and Contents
This collection consists of 1 record carton of materials related to the Hubble Space Telescope mission and the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) project. The bulk of the materials were produced between 1977 and 1999, with a small portion of materials produced in 2010. Formats consist of documentation alongside VHSs, CDs, and 35mm image slides. Specific topics related to Hubble include contact deliverables and modifications, proposal documents, data requirements, work breakdown structures, and technical proposal documents. Alsoincluded are educational slides produced by the Office of Public Outreach and weekly team meeting and retreat materials.
Biographical/Administrative Notes
Kenneth (Ken) Sembach received his B.A. in physics from the University of Chicago in 1988, and his PhD in astronomy from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1992. Prior to his tenure at STScI, he worked as a NASA Hubble Fellow at MIT and then as the Deputy Project Scientist for Large Science Programs for the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) with Johns Hopkins University from 1996 to 2001. While at STScI, he worked as a project scientist for the Hubble Mission and later became the Hubble Mission Office head in 2010. In 2015, he was appointed as director of STScI and served in this position until 2022.
This collection is housed off-site with Johns Hopkins University. Requests for access to this material should be directed to the STScI Institutional Archive, institute_archive@stsci.edu.
Accrual MethodDonated by Ken Sembach.NotesThis collection contains CDs and DVDs that haven't been played to check for content or potential damage/corruption.
9 boxes of additional unprocessed material donated by Ken Sembach on 2024-09-27 are located in the Muller Building subbasement. These materials may be processed and combined with this existing collection at a later date.
