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TIO remembers Ed Stone

TIO quotes about Ed Stone, fhe first executive director of TIO.

Caltech announces the physical decommissioning of the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory from Maunakea.

ITCC Delivers Production Components to TMT

The TIO Monrovia Lab has recently received significant shipments of 140 warping harness cables and eight segment actuators from India TMT Coordination Center (ITCC).

TIO mourns the death of its founding executive director. 

TIO Kicks Off the Preliminary Design Contract for the Tertiary Mirror Support System and Positioner Assembly

Recently, Advanced Mechanical and Optical Systems (AMOS) in Belgium and TIO conducted a remote kick-off meeting for the preliminary design of the Tertiary Mirror Support System and Positioner Assembly (M3SSPA).

International Collaboration Enhances the TIO Project

A Japanese delegation recently visited the India TMT Optics Fabrication Facility (ITOFF) in Bengaluru, India, where they were introduced to the newly installed polishing equipment at the Indian site.

TIO joined the National Science Teaching Association in Denver

TMT and all US Extremely Large Telescope Program partners participated in the National Science Teaching Association conference in Denver in March 2024.

5 Nobel Laureates on Building an Extremely Large Telescope

... "As recent U.S. physics Nobel laureates for discoveries in astronomy, we affirm that yes, the United States’ longstanding scientific leadership in astronomy is at risk if the National Science Foundation does not invest in its Extremely Large Telescope Program — and soon."

51³Ô¹ÏPro participates in Pasadena Unified School District Science Fest

Once again this year, TIO was prepared for an extraordinary scientific adventure at the PUSD Science Fest, hosted at John Muir High School on Saturday 16 March 2024.