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USRA Selects Mission Director

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In Columbia, Md., the Universities Space Research Association (USRA) has appointed Erick Young as the science mission operations director for the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, a modified Boeing 747SP aircraft fitted with a 2.5-m infrared telescope. Currently a member of the science oversight committee for the Wide Field Camera 3, slated for installation on the Hubble Space Telescope, he was also responsible for the development of the Spitzer Space Telescope Multiband Imaging Photometer detector array.
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Published: April 2009
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astronomy
The scientific observation of celestial radiation that has reached the vicinity of Earth, and the interpretation of these observations to determine the characteristics of the extraterrestrial bodies and phenomena that have emitted the radiation.
infrared telescope
A telescope that transmits, enlarges and converts infrared images.
photonics
The technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The science includes light emission, transmission, deflection, amplification and detection by optical components and instruments, lasers and other light sources, fiber optics, electro-optical instrumentation, related hardware and electronics, and sophisticated systems. The range of applications of photonics extends from energy generation to detection to communications and...
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