The WFC3 is
being built by a team of scientific and technical personnel
at:
This team
was selected in order to "reuse" as much expertise as
possible as these institutions and companies have been
intimately involved with the development of the previous
HST instruments.
WFC3 is the
first HST instrument to be developed as a "facility" instrument
by the HST Project. The WFC3 developers perform their
work as a service to the astronomical community . They
do not get guaranteed scientific observation time on HST.
This is a concept that has been used successfully by both
the Planetary and Earth Sciences communities in their
instrument development projects.
In order to
ensure that WFC3 will meet the expectations of the general
community, a NASA-selected panel of scientific representatives
will be working intimately with the WFC3 Project. This
Scientific Oversight Committee will advise the WFC3 Project
on all major decisions regarding instrument capabilities
and will approve the scientific tradeoffs during the instrument
development process.
The WFC3 Instrument
Management Office is a part of the HST
Flight Systems and Development Project at GSFC. The
WFC3 effort is led by the WFC3 Instrument Scientist and
the WFC3 Instrument Manager, and is supported by a systems
engineering staff. Scientific and technical support is
drawn from the Space Telescope Science Institute, Ball
Aerospace, JPL, and local GSFC contractors, as needed,
to form the Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) that produce
the hardware.
WFC3
Summer Student Program
WFC3
Project Organization Chart
WFC3
Partner Roles
