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>> ERIN: The Hubble Space Telescope is one of the most scientifically productive instruments ever
created. I'm Erin, the social media lead for Hubble at NASA Goddard's Space Flight Center where Hubble is operated. It
takes a diverse and skilled team to make a mission like Hubble successful, and it all starts with a group of managers...
JIM: Managers make sure that the people, facilities, equipment, and other resources needed by the mission are in place and
have overall responsibility for the success of the Hubble mission. I'm Jim, the deputy project manager, and I work with
other managers to help develop and make sure that processes are in place that make Hubble as effective and efficient at
collecting science data as possible.
>> CHIKIA: The business part of the team makes sure that budget, contracts, and logistics are all in place to
make sure that work happens. I'm Chikia, the deputy project manager of resources, our financial team ensures that
money is utilized properly and funds are available to support the many parts of the Hubble mission.
>> ED: Engineers take the resources from the budget to maintain and improve spacecraft hardware usage on Hubble. We
analyze the effective alternatives as possible workarounds when problems occur. I'm Ed, a systems engineer, and
I determine how to recover the spacecraft when problems develop.
>> BIJAL: Operations personnel monitor the spacecraft
for health and safety, looking for anything that may go wrong, we also send commands to the spacecraft, so it can make
observations of the Universe. My name is Bijal and I’m part of the flight operations team, and I watch over the spacecraft, and
ensure that the data collected by Hubble’s instruments gets down to the ground.
>>KNICOLE: The data collected by Hubble is then analyzed by scientists to make
groundbreaking discoveries that further our understanding of the universe. I’m Knicole and
my job as an astronomer is to use data to study the cosmos!
>>ERIN: And then communications people like myself take those
discoveries and Hubble's beautiful images and share them with you. But these are just some of the careers that drive
the Hubble Space Telescope mission. To check out more careers, find out how these people found themselves working
for Hubble, and how you too may be able to work on a mission like Hubble, visit us at NASA.Gov slash Hubble.
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