R. Brown conducts a variety of research programs on the question of planetary systems around other stars. He has observing programs on both HST and IRTF seeking to detect ``super planets" in self-luminosity. Young planets of Jupiter mass or greater are hot and several orders of magnitude more luminous than mature planets. The HST program targets weak line T Tauri stars at about 1 micron wavelength; IRTF observes local stars exhibiting signs of youth at 3--4 microns wavelength. Brown also conducts a program of educational research, which seeks to understand and develop appropriate strategies for the social benefits of astronomical exploration, particularly ``origins" related research. This educational program, called Exploration in Education (ExInEd) has produced a variety of educational materials available at http://www.stsci.edu/exined/.
A. Storrs continues to work on small bodies in the solar system. WFPC2 images of asteroid 4 Vesta, obtained in May, show unprecedented detail on shape and mineralogy. This will be the subject of a photo release in October, and discussed at the meeting on ``Vesta and the HED meteorites" in Houston, October 16--18, and at the DPS meeting in Tucson, October 23--26 (papers by Binzel et al., Thomas et al., and Zellner et al.). HST observations of comet Hyakutake during its close approach to the Earth, as well as ongoing studies of comet Hale-Bopp, will also be presented at the DPS (paper by Weaver et al.). Observations of asteroids to search for companions and mineralogical differentiation have largely been deferred until after the servicing mission. One object, asteroid 54 Alexandra, has been observed and shows no companions or differentiation. Storrs continues to work on the restoration of high SNR images at increased spatial resolution. Storrs is also working on low spectral resolution (FOS PRISM) data on small Jovian and Uranian satellites (DPS papers by Wells et al. and Storrs et al.).