Preliminaries -- Oral Presentation

Star Formation Legacy of the Hubble Space Telescope

Deborah Padgett, Spitzer Science Center

I very briefly review the major contributions of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) to the understanding of star formation within our galaxy. Some of the most significant advancements have been in the areas of circumstellar disks and outflows, as well as the structure and populations of massive star formation regions. I provide an update on the status of current HST star formation projects and speculate on the future of star formation studies with HST.