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The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science will support Rubin Observatory in its operations phase to carry out the Legacy Survey of Space and Time. They will also provide support for scientific research with the data. During operations, NSF funding is managed by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) under a cooperative agreement with NSF, and DOE funding is managed by SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), under contract by DOE. Rubin Observatory is operated by NSF NOIRLab and SLAC.

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    • Rubin Observatory from above on its desert summit site, with a vast expanse of desert mountains receding into the background. Rubin is a boot-like shape at center, with a long white service building extending away from us and to the right and angular silver dome rising on the left. The dome shutter is open, and appears as a dark vertical opening with teal support beams visible.
      Rubin Observatory March 2024
    • Rubin Observatory from above on its desert summit site, with a vast expanse of desert mountains receding into the background. Rubin's long white service building is hidden from view, so the observatory appears as a silver cap on top of a white cylinder. The dome shutter is open, and the silver upper support ring of the telescope ring is partially visible.
      Rubin Observatory March 2024
    • Rubin Observatory from above on its desert summit site, with a vast expanse of desert mountains receding into the background. Rubin is a boot-like shape at center, with a long white service building extending to the right and angular silver dome rising on the left. A couple of neighboring telescope domes are visible on a ridge in the distance.
      Rubin Observatory March 2024
    • Two large hauling trucks pull a 28-foot-wide, white hexagon-shaped box on a flat trailer up a grated dirt desert road. The white hexagonal box holds Rubin Observatory’s 8.4-meter combined primary/tertiary glass mirror.
      Rubin’s 8.4-meter Mirror Moves into the Observatory
    • Rubin’s 8.4-meter Mirror Moves into the Observatory
    • Two large hauling trucks pull a 28-foot-wide, white hexagon-shaped box on a flat trailer up a grated dirt desert road. The white hexagonal box holds Rubin Observatory’s 8.4-meter combined primary/tertiary glass mirror.
      Rubin’s 8.4-meter Mirror Moves into the Observatory
    • Two large hauling trucks pull a 28-foot-wide, white hexagon-shaped box on a flat trailer up a grated dirt desert road. The white hexagonal box holds Rubin Observatory’s 8.4-meter combined primary/tertiary glass mirror.
      Rubin’s 8.4-meter Mirror Moves into the Observatory
    • Two large hauling trucks pull a 28-foot-wide, white hexagon-shaped box on a flat trailer up a grated dirt desert road. The white hexagonal box holds Rubin Observatory’s 8.4-meter combined primary/tertiary glass mirror.
      M1M3 glass move March 7, 2024Rubin’s 8.4-meter Mirror Moves into the Observatory
    • Two large hauling trucks pull a 28-foot-wide, white hexagon-shaped box on a flat trailer up a grated dirt desert road. The white hexagonal box holds Rubin Observatory’s 8.4-meter combined primary/tertiary glass mirror.
      M1M3 glass move March 7, 2024Rubin’s 8.4-meter Mirror Moves into the Observatory
    • Two large hauling trucks pull a 28-foot-wide, white hexagon-shaped box on a flat trailer up a grated dirt desert road. The white hexagonal box holds Rubin Observatory’s 8.4-meter combined primary/tertiary glass mirror.
      Rubin’s 8.4-meter Mirror Moves into the Observatory
    • Two large hauling trucks pull a 28-foot-wide, white hexagon-shaped box on a flat trailer up a grated dirt desert road. The white hexagonal box holds Rubin Observatory’s 8.4-meter combined primary/tertiary glass mirror.
      M1M3 glass move March 7, 2024Rubin’s 8.4-meter Mirror Moves into the Observatory
    • Two large hauling trucks pull a 28-foot-wide, white hexagon-shaped box on a flat trailer up a grated dirt desert road. The white hexagonal box holds Rubin Observatory’s 8.4-meter combined primary/tertiary glass mirror.
      M1M3 glass move March 7, 2024Rubin’s 8.4-meter Mirror Moves into the Observatory
    • Two large hauling trucks pull a 28-foot-wide, white hexagon-shaped box on a flat trailer up a grated dirt desert road. The white hexagonal box holds Rubin Observatory’s 8.4-meter combined primary/tertiary glass mirror.
      M1M3 glass move March 7, 2024Rubin’s 8.4-meter Mirror Moves into the Observatory
    • Two large hauling trucks pull a 28-foot-wide, white hexagon-shaped box on a flat trailer up a grated dirt desert road. The white hexagonal box holds Rubin Observatory’s 8.4-meter combined primary/tertiary glass mirror.
      M1M3 glass move March 7, 2024Rubin’s 8.4-meter Mirror Moves into the Observatory
    • Two large hauling trucks pull a 28-foot-wide, white hexagon-shaped box on a flat trailer up a grated dirt desert road. The white hexagonal box holds Rubin Observatory’s 8.4-meter combined primary/tertiary glass mirror.
      M1M3 glass move March 7, 2024Rubin’s 8.4-meter Mirror Moves into the Observatory
    • Two hauling trucks pull a trailer that holds Rubin's 8.4-meter primary mirror inside its white hexagonal box.
      Rubin’s 8.4-meter Mirror Moves into the Observatory
    • A large hauling trucks pulls a 28-foot-wide, white hexagon-shaped box on a flat trailer up a grated dirt desert road. The white hexagonal box holds Rubin Observatory’s 8.4-meter combined primary/tertiary glass mirror. Off to the right, the large silver donut shape of the steel stand-in mass for the mirror now lies outside on the gravel .
      M1M3 glass move March 7, 2024Rubin’s 8.4-meter Mirror Moves into the Observatory
    • The white hexagonal box that holds Rubin's 8.4-meter primary mirror sits on top of a flat bed trailer and is about to be hauled out of its large storage shed by a hauling truck. A person in a yellow construction vest and hard hat supervises at the left.
      Rubin’s 8.4-meter Mirror Moves into the Observatory
    • A large hauling trucks pulls a 28-foot-wide, white hexagon-shaped box on a flat trailer up a grated dirt desert road. The white hexagonal box holds Rubin Observatory’s 8.4-meter combined primary/tertiary glass mirror. Off to the right, the large silver donut shape of the steel stand-in mass for the mirror now lies outside on the gravel .
      M1M3 glass move March 7, 2024Rubin’s 8.4-meter Mirror Moves into the Observatory
    • Rays of the setting sun appear to emanate from Rubin Observatory atop its desert mountain summit. The clear sky takes up 75% of the image, and light rays from the setting sun radiate from the center horizon like spokes on a wheel. The boot-shaped observatory, with long white service building pointing left and angular silver dome sticking up, sits atop a shadowed summit on the right. Lower altitude mountain ridges recede into the distance.
      Sunset at Cerro Pachón in February 2024
    • Rubin Observatory summit staff remove the M1M3 mirror cell and surrogate mass from the telescope mount
    • Rubin Observatory summit staff remove the M1M3 mirror cell and surrogate mass from the telescope mount
    • Rubin Observatory summit staff remove the M1M3 mirror cell and surrogate mass from the telescope mount
    • Rubin Observatory staff remove the M1M3 cell and surrogate mass from the telescope mount
    • Rubin Observatory summit staff remove the M1M3 mirror cell and surrogate mass from the telescope mount
    • Rubin Observatory summit staff remove the M1M3 mirror cell and surrogate mass from the telescope mount
    • Rubin Observatory summit staff remove the M1M3 mirror cell and surrogate mass from the telescope mount
    • View from Vertical Platform Lift
    • Rubin Observatory summit staff remove the M1M3 mirror cell and surrogate mass from the telescope mount
    • View from Vertical Platform Lift
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