Note to users. If you're seeing this message, it means that your browser cannot find this page's style/presentation instructions -- or possibly that you are using a browser that does not support current Web standards. Find out more about why this message is appearing, and what you can do to make your experience of our site the best it can be.
Focus on Europe

Site Tools

  • AAAS
  • Subscribe
  • Feedback

Site Search

Search Advanced

Science 26 June 1998:
Vol. 280. no. 5372, p. 2042
DOI: 10.1126/science.280.5372.2042
Prev | Table of Contents | Next

News & Comment

ASTRONOMY:
ESA Commits to Hubble's Successor

Alexander Hellemans

The prospect that the United States and Europe will collaborate on building the Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST)--the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope--moved a step closer last week. During a meeting in Liege, Belgium, European and American astronomers and space scientists honed their plans for the $900 million instrument, and the European Space Agency announced that it has earmarked about $200 million from its science budget to collaborate on the NGST.

Alexander Hellemans is a science writer in Naples, Italy.

Read the Full Text

ADVERTISEMENT
Click Me!

ADVERTISEMENT
Click Me!

To Advertise     Find Products

Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)