Mission Statement

The staff of the archive branch and the multi-mission archive at STScI provide:

• world-wide technical and scientific leadership in archive system design
• secure storage and reliable retrieval services for data from HST and all MAST-supported missions
• user-friendly and scientifically useful search and cross-correlation tools
• development and support for inter-archive communication and data transfer standards
• accurate and useful mission archive documentation
• helpful user support services with a 1 business day response time