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All NASA instrument projects have a standard protocol of reviews that occur during the course of building the instrument (see timeline). Below are excerpts from the two main reviews that have occurred so far. The Flight Readiness Review (FRR) is forthcoming.

On October 31, 2006, NASA Administrator Mike Griffin announced that there will be another servicing mission (SM4) to Hubble to be launched in mid- to late-2008. Read NASA Press Release
 
2004-2005 :: Flight Readiness Review (PDR) 
Coming Soon ...
 
2000 Dec :: Critical Design Review (CDR) 
Description PDF PPT
Configuration Overview
A 14 pg summary of the different parts of WFC3
and its installation into Hubble.		 13.2 Mb 4.3 Mb
Science Overview
A 27 pg summary of the science and
astronomy that WFC3 would be optimal for.		 4.9 Mb 2.2 Mb

1999-2000 :: Preliminary Design Review (PDR) 
Description PDF PPT
Science Instrument Overview
A 24 pg summary of the components and
capabilities of the WFC3 instrument.		 10.0 Mb 2.8 Mb



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