Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771ENGINEERING COLLOQUIUMMonday, December 3, 2001 / 3:30 PM, Building 8 AuditoriumLiz Citrin"The Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP) Mission"
ABSTRACT -- MAP launched on June 30, 2001. Its mission: to make a map of the cosmic background radiation with unprecedented precision and accuracy. The cosmic background radiation is the radiation left over from the Big Bang; it provides a view back to 300,000 years after the beginning of the universe. The subtle features in this background radiation will allow MAP to answer some of the most fundamental cosmological questions: Will the universe expand forever or will it collapse? What is the shape of the universe? How and when did the first galaxies form?
SPEAKER -- Ms. Citrin has been with MAP since its selection in 1996, first as systems lead then as Project Manager. Prior to that, Ms. Citrin worked on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Project, first as the Manager of the HST Data Archive and Development System (HST DADS), and later as the HST Flight Software Manager.
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