Rebecca Charbonneau, from the American Institute of Physics, right, speaks alongside Robert Smith, from the University of Alberta, left, and Patrick McCray, from the University of California Santa Barbara, during a panel discussion on 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/Joel Kowsky)

Rebecca Charbonneau, from the American Institute of Physics, right, speaks alongside Robert Smith, from the University of Alberta, left, and Patrick McCray, from the University of California Santa Barbara, during a panel discussion on 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/Joel Kowsky)

Patrick McCray, from the University of California Santa Barbara, speaks during a panel discussion with Robert Smith, from the University of Alberta and Rebecca Charbonneau, from the American Institute of Physics, on 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/Joel Kowsky)

Patrick McCray, from the University of California Santa Barbara, center, speaks alongside Robert Smith, from the University of Alberta, second from left, and Rebecca Charbonneau, from the American Institute of Physics, right, during a panel discussion on 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/Joel Kowsky)

An audience member asks a question during a panel moderated by Lois Rossin, a historian in NASA’s History Office, left, with Robert Smith, from the University of Alberta, second from left, Patrick McCray, from the University of California Santa Barbara, center, and Rebecca Charbonneau, from the American Institute of Physics, right, on 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/Joel Kowsky)

Lois Rossin, a historian in NASA’s History Office, moderates a panel with Rebecca Charbonneau, from the American Institute of Physics, Robert Smith, from the University of Alberta, and Patrick McCray, from the University of California Santa Barbara, on 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/Joel Kowsky)

Robert Smith, from the University of Alberta, speaks during a panel discussion alongside Rebecca Charbonneau, from the American Institute of Physics and Patrick McCray, from the University of California Santa Barbara, on 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/Joel Kowsky)

Rebecca Charbonneau, from the American Institute of Physics, speaks during a panel discussion alongside Robert Smith, from the University of Alberta and Patrick McCray, from the University of California Santa Barbara, on 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/Joel Kowsky)