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Alignment and Phasing System Achieves Major Milestone: Advancing to Final Design Phase
September 23rd, 2024

The Alignment and Phasing System (APS) team has progressed to the Final Design stage after successfully completing the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for the APS Optical Bench and Instrument Control System (ICS).

TMT Primary Mirror Segment Control System PDR Successfully Completed
August 23rd, 2024

The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) International Observatory (TIO) successfully completed a design review for a critical component of the primary mirror segment control system.

Successful Preliminary Design Review of TMT's Secondary Mirror Support System and Positioner Assembly
August 12th, 2024 Engineering & Technology

The TIO Secondary Mirror Support System and Positioner Assembly team successfully completed its Preliminary Design Review on 2024 July 15–17.

TIO remembers Ed Stone
July 23rd, 2024

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

Caltech announces the physical decommissioning of CSO from Maunakea
July 2nd, 2024

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

ITCC Delivers Production Components to TMT
June 13th, 2024 Engineering & Technology

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 Loss of Edward Stone, its Founding Executive Director
June 11th, 2024

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
April 30th, 2024 Engineering & Technology

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
April 18th, 2024 TMT Partner News

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
March 27th, 2024 Education & Outreach

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

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