learning community comprising five academic departments — Human Factors & Behavioral Neurobiology, Humanities & Communication, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, and Security Studies & International Affairs. The Observatory has the largest telescope in the state of Florida. It is on a free standing 164,313 pound steel structure, that holds up the 18,000 pound telescope.
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The 49,000-square-foot (4,600 m2) Jack R. Hunt Memorial Library (JRHML) is the on campus library and contains over 230,000 volumes. The library is noted for having the world's largest collection of NASA and NACA documents as well as a very extensive aviation media collection. NASA personnel have frequently consulted the JRHML for its highly comprehensive collection of NASA documents, most importantly, during the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster investigation. The JRHML has been demolished to make space for the new four-floor Student Union, which features a new library on the top two floors. The building was completed …
