Rodger Doxsey was an American physicist and astronomer born on March 11, 1947 in Schenectady, New York, USA, and died on October 13, 2009 in Massachusetts Institute of Technology who made major contributions to the scientific and operational success of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remains in operation.
Rodger Evans Doxsey (March 11, 1947  October 13, 2009) was an American physicist and astronomer who made major contributions to the scientific and operational success of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Dr. Doxsey was born in Schenectady, New York, raised in Cleveland Heights, Ohio and earned his Ph.D. in physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He joined the HST Project at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1981, and was head of the Hubble Missions Office at his death. October 13, 2009(2009-10-13) (aged 62)
Towson, Maryland, USA Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Hubble Space Telescope (often referred to as HST or Hubble) is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remains in operation. 
