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HST is made up of many materials, but like all spacecraft/satellites, its primary housing, base structure, and instrument housings are made of a high temper Aluminum Alloy (6061-T3, etc), and in some cases Titanium. All surfaces are corrosion protected (yes, things rust in space, albeit slowly). Those materials make up the bulk of HST's structure. As it is designated a high-visibility program, its QA and Manufacturing standards for all devices is much higher than normal, approaching that of Manned Flight programs. Every solder joint, wire, wire strand, crimp, part, screw, washer, nut, etc., must be individually inspected prior to assembly, and then further inspected as a unit. From personal experience working on the HST program, I can tell you there's no room for error.
During Servicing Mission 3A, we installed a device that's an oddity in spaceflight - the NICMOS Cryocooler unit, which is a high-speed turbine cryogenic pump which pumps liquid helium through the NICMOS cooling tubes used to originally freeze its liquid nitrogen source. Devices with moving parts aren't used on satellites since they can't be repaired, and with HST it's even rarer since moving parts tend to cause vibration, something you don't want on a telescope. However, the NCS turned out to work better than expected, reviving the dead NICMOS camera.
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What was the Hubble telescope used for and were is it?
It is used to look at far away galxays and it is located in space
In 1990 NASA used Space Shuttle discovery to launch?
the Hubble Space Telescope
How Is The Hubble Tescope Used?
The Hubble Telescope is a freely moving object sent into space by NASA to take pictures and make observations in space, especially in areas not easily accessible with telescopes. There are more than one Hubble Telescope, such as those in deep space versus ones that are fairly close.
What space instrument would you use to view Proxima Centauri?
To view things from far away is called a binocular
What is Space Shuttle used for?
The space shuttle transported astronauts and satellites to low Earth orbit. It was unique in that it could retrieve satellites such as the Hubble Space Telescope for repair.
What is the purpose of a Hubble telescope?
The Hubble Space Telescope it used to take pictures of distant objects in space.
Which thing is called Hubble?
It is the one kind of telescope use in space. The Hubble Space telescope, is the one of the most common used-technology in space. The Hubble Space telescope was named after Edwin Hubble.
How does the Hubble telescope get the energy it needs to work?
I think that that Hubble telescope uses sun's light energy which then is used to make electricity.
Why did they build the hubble space telescope?
On our ability to view space is limited because of all the particles in our atmosphere that filter or refract light as it passes from space to us. The Hubble Space telescope was built to be an orbiting Telescope that was out of our atmosphere. It was used to probe the earliest reaches of the universe. The Hubble is roughly 370 miles from the Earth's surface. The newest space telescope created by NASA is the James Webb Space Telescope. That will be far more powerful than Hubble and will be in orbit around the sun 1 Million miles from Earth.
What did edwin hubble invented?
He invented a system for classifying galaxy morphologies (shapes). The Hubble Space Telescope is named after him, but he did not invent it.
How many people can fit in a hubble spacecraft?
The Hubble Space Telescope is a space observatory, not a spacecraft designed to carry people. It is operated remotely from Earth and was specifically built for a single purpose: astronomical observations.
What shuttle was used to repair the Hubble Space Telescope in 1993?
The Atlantis
What was the Hubble telescope used for and were is it?
It is used to look at far away galxays and it is located in space
Was Edwin Hubble an astronaut?
No. But his name was used as a satelite! He was an astronomer thus the hubble telescope. I believe it was he who discovered the expanding universe.
In 1990 NASA used Space Shuttle discovery to launch?
the Hubble Space Telescope
What is the magnitude of the hubble telescope?
"Magnitude" is not a term that's usually used to describe a telescope, although it's commonly used to describe the objects the telescope observes. Down below this answer, we've added three links that will take you to sites that are packed full of information on the Hubble Space Telescope. If the test is tomorrow, then you probably ought to get cracking.
How old is the hubble space telescope?
The Hubble Space Telescope was launched into orbit aboard NASA's space shuttle Discovery (mission STS-31) on April 24, 1990.The Hubble Space Telescope was originally meant to be launched in 1986, but the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger delayed the launch until April 24th 1990.The Hubble telescope is now seen as one of the most versatile telescopes in space. After it was launched in 1990, astronomers had a chance to change and improve the telescope through missions by astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle.
