I feel very privileged to be part of this mission, and when my nomination was announced, I was really very, very happy to be selected for this mission. — Claude Nicollier Copy Share Image
I think a benefit is that we try to put it up in a short time. From the decision to do this mission until we fly, it's six months and one week or so, so it's a very short time. — Claude Nicollier Copy Share Image
The Next Generation Space Telescope, which will be located much further away from the Earth than the Hubble Space Telescope presently is, will also… — Claude Nicollier Copy Share Image
We have the Fine Guidance Sensors, one of which we will exchange out of three. Another one we changed on the last servicing mission,… — Claude Nicollier Copy Share Image
On one hand, to be able to go from one direction in the sky to study such an object to another direction to study… — Claude Nicollier Copy Share Image
It is going to be an experiment of how it works, and I see I have all reasons to believe that it will work… — Claude Nicollier Copy Share Image
The objects that are of moderate energy, like our sun or most of the stars that we see in the night sky with the… — Claude Nicollier Copy Share Image
Hubble is very close to my heart, and going back to Hubble, because I was there once already in 1993, is really a great… — Claude Nicollier Copy Share Image
My name was on the list very early after these announcements were made through the newspapers in Europe. — Claude Nicollier Copy Share Image
Then, much later, my next dream was to become an astronaut, and I was fortunate to realize that dream, also. — Claude Nicollier Copy Share Image
The future infrared space telescope will cover that area in a much more efficient manner. — Claude Nicollier Copy Share Image
In general, the objects in the universe that are very high-energy objects, or the processes that are high-energy processes, will radiate more in the… — Claude Nicollier Copy Share Image
You can see these boxes which are covered with metal foils for thermal reasons, and they are also, most of the time, thermally controlled… — Claude Nicollier Copy Share Image
As far as the radio waves part of the spectrum, we can do these adequately from the ground because the atmosphere is basically transparent… — Claude Nicollier Copy Share Image
