Arecibo Observatory
Radio observatory in Arecibo
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| 2023 | Wanda Liz Díaz Merced becomes director of Arecibo C3, a STEM Education Center, serving from 2023 to present. |
| 2023 | NSF selected a consortium of universities to set up the Arecibo C3 educational center. |
| 2022 | Olga Figueroa takes over as director, serving from 2022 to 2023. |
| 2022 | NSF announced the telescope will not be rebuilt, but an educational facility would be established on the site. |
| 2022 | National Science Foundation announces the telescope will not be rebuilt, and plans to establish an educational facility at the site. |
| December 1 2020 | Remaining support cables failed, causing the instrument platform to crash through the dish, destroying the telescope. |
| December 1 2020 | Arecibo Telescope completely collapses, marking the end of its operational status. |
| November 7 2020 | A main cable broke on the telescope. |
| November 6 2020 | Second support cable of the telescope's receiver breaks, leading to the National Science Foundation's decision to decommission the telescope. |
| August 10 2020 | First support cable of the telescope's receiver breaks, signaling the beginning of the observatory's structural failure. |
| August 6 2020 | An auxiliary cable broke on the telescope. |
| 2018 | NSF made a University of Central Florida consortium the new site operators. |
| 2017 | Hurricane Maria caused damage to the telescope, leading NSF to suggest closing the observatory. |
| 2016 | Francisco Córdova becomes director, serving from 2016 to 2022. |
| July 2016 | Surpassed as the world's largest single-aperture telescope by the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) in China. |
| 2011 | Robert B. Kerr returns as director, serving from 2011 to 2015. |
| 2011 | NASA recommitted funding for study of near-earth objects, and NSF delisted Arecibo as an FFRDC, allowing it to seek funding from more sources. |
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