Opening ceremony for the new Hubble Science Archive at ESAC

The European Hubble Archive has moved to the European Space Astronomy Centre in Villanueva de la Cañada, Spain. It joins the data archives from other ESA space science missions such as Herschel, XMM-Newton and Mars Express. The move comes as European astronomers have been awarded their largest ever share of Hubble observing time.

From left to right: Antonella Nota (ESA Hubble Project Scientist and Mission Manager), Christophe Arviset (Head of the ESA Science Archives and Computer Support Engineering Unit), William Smith (President of Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, AURA), Álvaro Gimenez Cañete (Head of ESA’s Science Operations Department)