First - light in January, 1999, was followed by commissioning and a phase - in of scientific operations through 2000. (hubble25th.org)
Kristin Ellis leads scientific operations at Opentrons, a start - up making robots for biologists. (new-harvest.org)
Advanced LIGO — a major upgrade to the sensitivity of the instruments compared to the first generation LIGO detectors — began scientific operations in September 2015. (kavlifoundation.org)