Editing Hubble Space Telescope (section)

=== Construction and engineering ===
[[File:Hubble mirror polishing.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|right|Grinding of Hubble's primary mirror at Perkin-Elmer, March 1979]]

Once the Space Telescope project had been given the go-ahead, work on the program was divided among many institutions. [[Marshall Space Flight Center]] (MSFC) was given responsibility for the design, development, and construction of the telescope, while [[Goddard Space Flight Center]] was given overall control of the scientific instruments and ground-control center for the mission.{{sfn|Dunar|Waring|1999|pp=487–488}} MSFC commissioned the optics company [[PerkinElmer|Perkin-Elmer]] to design and build the [[Optical train|optical telescope assembly]] (OTA) and Fine Guidance Sensors for the space telescope. [[Lockheed Corporation|Lockheed]] was commissioned to construct and integrate the spacecraft in which the telescope would be housed.{{sfn|Dunar|Waring|1999|p=489}}