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- A Brief History of the Hubble Space Telescope - NASA
One of the most technologically advanced pieces of equipment that humans have put into orbit, Hubble has helped researchers make important discoveries about our universe, ranging from planets and stars to galaxies and cosmology
- Hubble Full History Timeline - NASA Science
This timeline describes Hubble’s history from the first proposal of a space telescope by Lyman Spitzer in 1946, through the completion of Hubble’s five servicing missions in the 1990s and 2000s, and to many of the significant observations and discoveries Hubble has made during its years in orbit
- Hubble Space Telescope (HST) | History, Discoveries, Facts | Britannica
Hubble Space Telescope, the first sophisticated optical observatory placed into Earth’s orbit Some of its many triumphs included the Hubble Deep Field, a photograph of about 1,500 galaxies revealing galactic evolution, and the discoveries of Hydra and Nix, small moons orbiting the dwarf planet Pluto
- The History of Hubble - Science@NASA
The project was renamed the Hubble Space Telescope after astronomer Edwin Hubble, who showed that other galaxies existed beyond our own and came up with a classification scheme distinguishing galaxies by shape
- History: How Hubble Came About | ESA Hubble | ESA Hubble
In the 1970s NASA and the European Space Agency took up the idea and proposed a 3 metre space telescope Funding began to flow in 1977 and it was decided to name the telescope after Edwin Powell Hubble who had discovered the expansion of the Universe in the 1920s
- The History of the Hubble Space Telescope: From Inception to the Edge . . .
Launched into low Earth orbit in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope revolutionized our understanding of the universe From its early concepts right after World War II to its troubled beginnings and eventual triumphs, Hubble’s journey showcases the relentless pursuit of scientific discovery
- 30 years into the Void: A History of the Hubble Space Telescope
On August 24, 1990 the Space Shuttle Discovery embarked on mission STS-31 which deployed a very special payload into orbit: a $1 5 billion Ritchey–Chrétien astrograph known as the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) It was equipped with a 2 4m primary mirror and 57600mm of focal length
- Hubble Space Telescope: The history and amazing discoveries
In the cold, dark expanse of space, the Hubble Space Telescope relies on the power of the sun Its solar panels, like wings outstretched, capture the sun's energy to fuel its journey through the stars
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