12/11/2014 James Webb Space Telescope Since the first astronomers pointed telescopes at the sky, they have sought to see more. See farther and deeper. Space astronomy changed on April 24th 1990 with the launch of the space shuttle Discovery carrying aboard it the Hubble Space Telescope. A lot of people think we launched Hubble into space to get it closer to the stars but the real reason is the Earth's atmosphere both distorts and blocks light coming in from space. In space, beyond the atmosphere
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groundbreaking multi-object observing technique NASA technologists have hurdled a number of significant technological challenges in their quest to improve an already revolutionary observing technology originally created for the James Webb Space Telescope. The team, led by Principal Investigator
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The Hubble telescope has created a way for people living on earth to see space in ways we never would have seen without it. The telescope was named after discoverer Edward Hubble The Hubble Telescope was first planned and created in 1975 in honour of Dr Edward Hubble, but was launched on April 24th, 1990 by a space shuttle, estimate at almost 1.5 billion dollars but the telescope is still and will continue to add to costs. It has been created to capture images of planets, stars and galaxies, giving
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The Hubble Telescope is a large telescope in space that takes picture of planets, stars and galaxies. “It was launched by NASA on April the 24th, 1990” (Hubble Site 1, 2015). Hubble is as long as a large school bus an weighs as much as two adult elephants. “The Hubble Telescope is located 552km above Earth’s surface” (Hubble Site 2, 2015). And is in Earth’s orbit traveling at about 5 miles per second. “Hubble does a full orbit around Earth in about 95 minutes” (NASA, 2015). Hubble has viewed many
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Research of the Hubble Sequence There are many different classes of galaxies and many more to be discovered Hubble just scratched the surface of what we could find out there. Edwin Hubble is well known for that the research in the Hubble Sequence, also in the many books he wrote for the explonation of his work and his thoughts on it. Edwin Hubble discovered the Hubble Sequence and and was the one who was famos for it. The Hubble Sequence is a theory proven to be a fact by Edwin Hubble, this sequence
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(physics.org) Without the Hubble Space telescope none of these galaxies would have been discovered and many astronomical discoveries would go unnoticed and would halt many studies in the field, it would leave many cosmic mysteries unsolved. It took many years to launch the telescope into space and for the telescope to be able to take the kinds of photos that it takes today. This is why the Hubble telescope has such importance in the field of astronomy. The hubble space telescope was named after astronomer
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out have achieved their goals but also some missions have failed. Apollo 11, Hubble Telescope, and Spirit and Opportunity were sent into outer space, had spinoffs, and also helped us gain information on the planets and the universe. Apollo 11 is the only Apollo mission that succeeded. Apollo 11 was launched on July 16, 1969. Apollo 11 was sent by Former President John F. Kennedy. He sent Apollo 11 because it was a “ space race” against the Soviet
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The Hubble Space Telescope has helped scientists learn about the ever reaching space outside of our atmosphere. The Hubble Telescope has sent images of space for the past 28 years. Hubble is one of NASA’s greatest accomplishments, Hubble has recorded thousands of images of space to better help scientist understand the beauty of deep space. The Hubble Telescope determine the age of the universe to be about 13-14 billion years old rather than the former age of 10-20 billion years old. Hubble also
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Rather than a planet, the Hubble Space Telescope aims for a new understanding of cosmos. It is responsible for the deepest photos of the universe that ever recorded. The telescope was several decades in the making and the pay-offs are incredible. It opens up the whole new world of everything we ever wanted to know about the universe (Andrews, 2015). By
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about 8,000 years ago after the death of a star 20 times the size of the Sun in a supernova explosion. Now, a new set of Hubble Telescope videos reveal clear images of its violent beauty. The explosion, lightning fast, plowed into a wall of cool, dense interstellar gas, emitting light. The Nebula is along the edge of a large bubble of low-density gas that was blown into space by the dying star before it exploded. The remnants of the destroyed star are multicolored and stunning, showing a colorful
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