QUESTION:
What are the newest activities happening with the HST?

ANSWER from Julio Marius on 2 May, 1996:
In the area of operations,  flight operations continues getting ready 
for the servicing mission on February 13, 1997.  In the last month, 
operations personnel had two simulations that rehearsed the servicing 
mission activities for two extravehicular activities (EVA), 3 &4.  The 
simulations are performed to allow the different participating 
engineers to operate as a team and respond properly to any possible 
problems, which we call anomalies or contingencies. Operations strives 
to develop procedures and  contingency plans to handle any possible 
anomaly that  may occur during the actual mission in '97.  The success 
of the mission depends quiet a lot in how well operations personnel 
are prepared and ready to execute all the servicing mission 
activities. The first servicing mission in December of '93 was so 
successful because operations personnel responded very well to the 
many activities that took place during the mission.  This was 
primarily due to the intensive training and preparation during the 
first servicing mission simulations.  HST operations personnel  expect 
to have an  equally successful mission through the ongoing simulations 
and tests that are being performed.  
     
In the area of sciences, HST continues performing outstanding sciences 
with excellent results.  For the details of the science activities, 
the Science Institute in Baltimore will be able to provide the latest 
information with specific details.