Former NASA Senior Project Scientist Dave Leckrone speaks about the history of the Hubble Space Telescope during an event titled “Beyond the Deep Field: Hubble’s Legacy and the Future of Cosmic Observation,” Thursday, June 4, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Former Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) Hubble news director Ray Villard, introduces panelists, from left to right, former NASA Senior Project Scientist Dave Leckrone, NASA Hubble Operations Project Scientist Ken Carpenter, NASA Hubble Senior Project Scientist Jennifer Wiseman, STScl head of the Hubble Space Telescope mission office Julia Roman-Duval, and NASA Deputy Project Scientist For Communications Amber Straughn during an event titled “Beyond the Deep Field: Hubble’s Legacy and the Future of Cosmic Observation,” Thursday, June 4, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) head of the Hubble Space Telescope mission office Julia Roman-Duval, second from right, speaks about the history of the Hubble Space Telescope during an event titled “Beyond the Deep Field: Hubble’s Legacy and the Future of Cosmic Observation,” Thursday, June 4, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Hubble Operations Project Scientist Ken Carpenter, third from left, speaks about the history of the Hubble Space Telescope during an event titled “Beyond the Deep Field: Hubble’s Legacy and the Future of Cosmic Observation,” Thursday, June 4, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Hubble Senior Project Scientist Jennifer Wiseman, third from right, speaks about the history of the Hubble Space Telescope during an event titled “Beyond the Deep Field: Hubble’s Legacy and the Future of Cosmic Observation,” Thursday, June 4, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA Deputy Project Scientist For Communications Amber Straughn, right, speaks about the history of the Hubble Space Telescope during an event titled “Beyond the Deep Field: Hubble’s Legacy and the Future of Cosmic Observation,” Thursday, June 4, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)