The first space telescope built by NASA is called the Hubble Space Telescope. It was launched into orbit in 1990 and has provided groundbreaking images and data about the universe since then.
The Hubble Space Telescope was built at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. It was then transported to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for launch into orbit.
No. The Hubble Space Telescope was built on Earth and launched into space. It is about the size of a bus.
The Hubble Space Telescope was created by NASA with contributions from the European Space Agency. It was launched into space in 1990 aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. The telescope is named after astronomer Edwin Hubble.
It was invented in the USA (and built there).
The Kepler space telescope was built by NASA's Ames Research Center in collaboration with Ball Aerospace. It was launched in 2009 with the primary goal of searching for exoplanets.
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is set to replace the Hubble Space Telescope and is scheduled to launch in 2021. The JWST will be the most powerful space telescope ever built and will study the universe in infrared wavelengths to observe objects that are difficult to see with other telescopes.
The Hubble Space Telescope was built by a team of thousands of engineers, scientists, and technicians from NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA). It was a collaborative effort that involved contributions from multiple individuals and organizations.
Yes, the Hubble Space Telescope was built to observe objects in space without the distortion caused by Earth's atmosphere. By being located above Earth's atmosphere, the Hubble Telescope can capture clearer and more detailed images of celestial objects.
The Hubble telescope was the first telescope built by NASA and placed into orbit. The original launch for the telescope was delayed because of the disaster seen by the Challenger.
HST has actually been built under the control of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (responsible for design and optical part, subcontracted to Kodak and Perkin-Elmer Corp.) and Goddard Space Flight Center (science instruments and ground control). The overall spacecraft in which the telescope is housed was built by Lockheed.
Many people and organizations were involved in designing and building the initial parts of the Hubble Space Telescope. Lockheed (Lockheed Martin today) was the prime contractors for building the telescope, but there were many other contractors involved. The various instruments were designed by different combinations of universities, contractors, NASA, and ESA (European Space Agency).