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- Joint project between the United States's NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA)
- Construction began in 1978
- Launched into orbit in April of 1990
- Originally estimated construction cost: $400 million
- By 1999, total cost of the project was over $6 billionESA: European Homepage for the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope - Frequently Asked Questions
- Named after astronomer Edwin P. Hubble
- Primary mirror is 2.4 meters in diameter
- Orbits 589 kilometers above the Earth's surface
- Completes an orbit 96 minutesNASA: Main Hubble Page
- One of the four orbiting telescopes collectively named NASA's "Great Observatories"
- Produced the Ultra Deep Field, the most detailed photograph of the Universe taken in the spectrum of visible lightHubbleSite: Hubble's Deepest View Ever of the Universe Unveils Earliest Galaxies (March 9, 2004)
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The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is the largest observatory ever launched into orbit. Its position above Earth's atmosphere allows the HST to gather much more detailed images and readings than ground-based telescopes.
The Space Shuttle Atlantis embarked on an 11 day mission to make repairs and upgrade the HST on May 11, 2009. On May 14, 2009, astronauts John Grunsfeld and Drew Feustel set out on their first spacewalk at approximately 9:00 a.m. EST. The two began replacing a 15-year-old camera with an upgraded version that was the size of a "baby grand piano." The repairs/upgrades were successfully completed on May 18, 2009.FOXNews.com: Astronauts Begin First Spacewalk to Fix Hubble (May 14, 2009)Reuters: Astronauts pluck Hubble Space... (May 13, 2009)FOXNews.com: Astronauts Wrap Up Last Spacewalk of Mission (May 18, 2009)
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Space Shuttle Atlantis
The Space Shuttle Atlantis launched on May 11, 2009, carrying a crew of seven astronauts. The astronauts are set to perform repairs and maintenance on the HST, in a series of five spacewalks. The enhancements were expected to make the machine 100 times more powerful, allowing it to examine the universe's mysterious dark matter and dark energy more deeply than ever before.National Geographic: Shuttle Launch Successful; Final Hubble Repairs Await (May 11, 2009) -
Control System Failure
On September 27, 2008 the Hubble's Science Instrument Control and Data Handling system went down, forcing a switch to the backup channel. However, the backup channel experienced a communications failure, and scientists analyzed downloaded data to identify the cause of the problem. Astronauts were trained to remove the malfunctioning computer and install a spare.CNN: More trouble for NASA's Hubble (October 17, 2008) -
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Hubble Space Telescope Questions
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Where can I see a live Hubble Telescope feed? 1 AnswerYou will not find it because it is under NASA's information security. However, you can watch the video that has been recorded by the telescope here: http://hu... read more -
Can we use moon as a base for our next gen space telescope? 2 AnswersAs you point out, the biggest disadvantage to placing an observatory on the moon is the cost. Other difficulties include protecting the telescope's optics from... read more -
What are the best photos taken by the Hubble Space Telescope? 8 AnswersI like this one; http://www.astronomy-pictures.net/eta-carinae.jpg and this one; http://i.dailymail.co.uk/img/galleries/hubble/NO8_350x312.jpg and this one; htt... read more -
What the are the top five discoveries of the hubble telescope? 1 Answerhere is a nice list of a top ten i found on google http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/04/photogalleries/hubble/index.html read more
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Hubble Space Telescope Timeline
- 1969: American astrophysicist Lyman Spitzer gathers the support for his project of an orbital telescope.
- 1977: Congress approves funding for the project.
- April 25, 1990: HST is deployed in space by shuttle Discovery flight STS-31.
- December 2, 1993: Endeavour flight STS-61 launches to perform the Servicing Mission 1 (SM1).
- February 11, 1997: Discovery flight STS-82 launches into space for Servicing Mission 2 (SM2).
- October 29, 1998: Discovery flight STS-95 tests technologies to be used in the next servicing missions.
- December 19, 1999: Discovery flight flight STS-103 launches into space for Servicing Mission 3A (SM3A).
- March 1, 2002: Columbia flight STS-109 launches into space for Servicing Mission 3B (SM3B).
- September 10, 2008: Target date for flight STS-125, the fifth and final Servicing Mission 4 (SM4).
- 2012-2013: End of Hubble Space Telescope operations and controlled de-orbit
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[...] we would never have seen the Hubble Space Telescope photograph images so unbelievable, [...] that type of knowledge? Did anyone predict the Hubble achievement four decades ago? President [...] will gain by continuing to explore space. We are a people who love science [...]cjm | http://www.nytimes.com/ Original | Permalink (February 09, 2010 02:28 AM) -
Einstein’s God
[...] *how,* and you aren't so interested in the *why.* So there's gravity and those beautiful space clouds from the Hubble telescope and newborn babies look like they know stuff, and that's that. It's materialism, [...]Joanna | http://joshpease.wordpress.com/ Original | Permalink (February 09, 2010 12:55 AM) -
The Scale of the Universe
[...] would be worthy of its Creator. He would have been delighted to see the pictures from the Hubble telescope. Apart from that, it turns out that a [...] life may well have had to extend widely in space as well as in time. It may well be that the [...]Al Moritz | http://commonsenseatheism.com/ Original | Permalink (February 08, 2010 03:41 PM) -
One Step Back For Mankind
[...] an incremental cost, assuming you have a manned space program, you can't justify doing robotic [...] and limitations. On the other hand the next big telescope project (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ [...] ll make it to 10. Note that the Hubble has made it to 20 years [...]hga | http://news.ycombinator.com/ Original | Permalink (February 08, 2010 02:02 PM)
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