John Grunsfeld
From 4CS2009
We are honored to have Dr. John Grunsfeld as our banquet speaker.
Some excerpts from his NASA bio: John Grunsfeld received a bachelor of science degree in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1980 and holds MS (1984) and PhD (1988) degrees in physics from the University of Chicago. Dr. Grunsfeld’s research has covered x-ray and gamma-ray astronomy, high-energy cosmic ray studies, and development of new detectors and instrumentation. Dr. Grunsfeld studied binary pulsars and energetic x-ray and gamma ray sources using the NASA Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, x-ray astronomy satellites, radio telescopes, and optical telescopes including the NASA Hubble Space Telescope.
As an astronaut, Dr. Grunsfeld has been on 5 spaceflights, including 3 servicing missions to the Hubble Space telescope. The last mission was the last repair mission for the HST, after 19 years in orbit. The telescope got a major renovation which included the installation of a new wide field camera and a new ultraviolet telescope, new batteries, a guidance sensor, gyroscopes and other repairs. Grunsfeld served as the lead spacewalker in charge of the spacewalking and Hubble activites.
The Four Corners region welcomes John, who will soon be joining the faculty at the University of Colorado at Boulder:
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