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  1. July 2026 STAN

    July 17, 2026
    COS NEWSLETTERS

    In this STAN, we introduce the new COS2035 Policies, discuss items of interest to those who are preparing Phase II proposals for Cycle 34, and provide updates on recent reference file deliveries and COS conference contributions.

  2. July 2026 STAN

    July 14, 2026
    STIS NEWSLETTERS

    This STAN is focused on providing information and guidelines for the preparation and submission of HST Cycle 34 GO Phase II proposals, for both new and experienced users of STIS. The section on STIS resources lists some software tools for the examination and analysis of STIS data.

  3. WFC3 STAN Issue 52, June 2026

    June 12, 2026
    WFC3 NEWSLETTERS

    Contents: 1 WFC3 at the 248th AAS Meeting 2 Get Expert Support during WFC3 Office Hours 3 Transition from HSTaXe to Slitlessutils for HST Slitless Spectroscopy 4 New Documentation

  4. ACS STAN June 2026

    June 12, 2026
    ACS NEWSLETTERS

    This STAN describes Python notebooks for ACS/WFC data reduction with slitlessutils v2.0, iPosters at the upcoming AAS Meeting, and improvements to the ACS website.

  5. June 2026 STAN

    June 11, 2026
    STIS NEWSLETTERS

    In this STAN, the STIS Team presents the fifth release of the updated STIS flux calibration, in addition to an instrument science report on a new tool for barycentric corrections with HST/STIS data.

  6. May 2026 STAN

    May 19, 2026
    STIS NEWSLETTERS

    In this STAN, the STIS team presents an update to the calstis wavelength calibration procedure for STIS CCD observations using the E1/E2 pseudo-apertures. The STIS team also announces the publication of a new Instrument Science Report that validates the STIS time dependent sensitivity trends with the primary CALSPEC standard stars and a recently developed introductory Jupyter Notebook that helps users with TIME-TAG data.

  7. Building a Roadmap for Hubble Science into the 2030s

    April 24, 2026
    HST NEWS

    Contribute to Hubble’s future scientific portfolio by submitting white papers by May 22. Community white papers will help develop a roadmap for the programmatic, operational, and scientific future of Hubble through the 2030s.

  8. ACS STAN March 2026

    March 31, 2026
    ACS NEWSLETTERS

    This STAN describes empirical PSFs constructed for SBC and hst1pass enabled for SBC imaging data.

  9. WFC3 STAN Issue 51, March 2026

    March 23, 2026
    WFC3 NEWSLETTERS

    Contents: 1 Cycle 34 Call for Proposals News and Updates 2 New Pixel-based Non-linearity Correction for WFC3/IR 3 New Video Tutorials Now Available for WFC3 4 New Documentation

  10. March 2026 STAN

    March 16, 2026
    STIS NEWSLETTERS

    In this STAN, the STIS Team presents Cycle 34 documentation updates and news to STIS users submitting Phase I proposals.

  11. March 2026 STAN

    March 3, 2026
    COS NEWSLETTERS

    In this STAN, we provide information on a new COS FUV lifetime position for Cycle 34, Phase I submission best practices, new ETC normalizations for Gaia fluxes, and an update to the COS Gain Sag Table Reference File.

  12. ACS STAN February 2026

    February 2, 2026
    ACS NEWSLETTERS

    This STAN describes full support for ACS in Cycle 33 and prospects for future cycles, CR-SPLITs disallowed in Cycle 34 Phase II programs, empirical SBC backgrounds available in ETC 34.1.1, recommendations for observations of extended sources in light of CTE degradation, and updated documentation and notebooks.

  13. November 2025 STAN

    November 17, 2025
    COS NEWSLETTERS

    In this STAN, the COS team announces the release of a new Hubble Spectroscopic Legacy Archive that encompasses all publicly available COS and STIS spectra including more than 60,000 datasets and over 6000 individual targets. The COS team has also updated the Instrument Handbook to version 17.1 and the Data Handbook to version 6.0.

  14. November 2025 STAN

    November 17, 2025
    STIS NEWSLETTERS

    In this STAN, the STIS team announces the release of a new Hubble Spectroscopic Legacy Archive that encompasses all publicly available COS and STIS spectra including more than 60,000 datasets and over 6,000 individual targets. The STIS team also presents four new Instrument Science Reports that were published between July and September.

  15. WFC3 STAN Issue 50, October 2025

    October 17, 2025
    WFC3 NEWSLETTERS

    Contents: 1 Improvements to the WFC3/UVIS Saturation Map 2 Improved UVIS Aperture Corrections Derived from Focus Diverse PSF Maps 3 PSF quality under Single Star Guiding 4 New Documentation

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