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Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope, named for noted American astronomer Edwin Hubble, was built by NASA and launched into orbit aboard Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-31) in April 1990. It can observe the visual, ultraviolet, and infrared light spectrums, and is one of four space telescopes in NASA's "Great Observatories" Program.
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How far have people traveled in space?
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As far as we know, the farthest that human beings have gone from the earth's surface has been in the Apollo command modules that orbited around the far side of the moon. Give them credit for maybe a quarter million miles from earth ... 250,000 miles. -- about 1 percent of the distance to Venus when it's closest to earth; -- about 1/2 percent of the distance to Mars when it's closest to earth; -- about 1/4 percent of the distance to the sun.
How would a large value of H The Hubble constant affect the age of the universe What about small value of H?
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How can we tell that many of the galaxies that we see in the Hubble deep field are young?
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Is Hubble telescope bigger than earth?
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No. The Hubble Space Telescope was built on Earth and launched into space. It is about the size of a bus.
Why can't the Hubble Space Telescope just take pictures of the planet Mercury?
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Mercury orbits very close to the Sun and looking near to the Sun could damage the telescope.
Why must a telescope be able to move at the same rate earth turns?
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Otherwise it won't remain pointed at the same spot in space any longer.
Where did hubble Edwin do his work at?
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Edwin Hubble started his work at the University of Chicago, but he also spent some time a Oxford in England. He also founded the Mount Wilson Observatory in California and worked at the Mount Palomar Observatories, also in California.
Where is the hubble space telescope located now?
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Impossible to answer !... The Hubble Space Telescope is not located at a fixed point (geo-stationary orbit). It orbits the earth once every 95 minutes (approx) - at an inclination of 28.5 degrees. Therefore - although its position relative to the equator is fixed - it travels across the visible sky.
What types of scientists were involved in the making of the Hubble space telescope?
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