The Hubble Space Telescope took about a decade to build, from 1977 to 1990. It was launched into space in 1990.

Once the Space Telescope project had been given the go-ahead, work on the program was divided among many institutions.

Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) was given responsibility for the design, development, and construction of the telescope, while theGoddard Space Flight Center was given overall control of the scientific instruments and ground-control center for the mission. MSFC commissioned the optics company Perkin-Elmer to design and build the Optical Telescope Assembly (OTA) and Fine Guidance Sensors for the space telescope. Lockheed was commissioned to construct the spacecraft in which the telescope would be housed.

Perkin-Elmer was commissioned to build the optical components of the Hubble Space Telescope. The construction of the main mirror was begun in 1979 and polishing completed in 1981 in Danbury Connecticut.

The Hubble Telescope was carried into orbit in April 1990. It is still in orbiting in space. In 2009 it had its final servicing and will probably last until sometime in 2014. Its successor, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), will take its' place.

The Hubble Space Telescope operates in the ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared wavelengths, ranging from about 0.1 to 2.5 micrometers. This range allows it to capture high-resolution images and study a wide variety of astronomical phenomena in space.

Yes, astronauts can experience dizziness in space due to the lack of gravity affecting their inner ear and sense of balance. This can happen when they first arrive in space and when they return to Earth. Astronauts may also experience space adaptation syndrome, which includes symptoms like nausea and disorientation.

The Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn also used gyroscopes to stabilize and control the spacecraft during its mission. Gyroscopes are commonly used in spacecraft to help maintain orientation and stability in the absence of gravity.

No, only specially designed rockets can go up into space. As soon as a helicopter reaches our atmosphere boundaries, it would burn up. Rockets on the other hand, have been specially made to hold such extreme temperatures. :)

The Hubble Space Telescope is not designed to store information like a computer or hard drive. It collects astronomical data through its instruments and transmits this data back to Earth for analysis and storage by scientists and researchers.

Yes, according to Einstein's general theory of relativity, space can be bent or curved by the presence of mass and energy. This curvature is what we experience as gravity, as objects follow the curved paths created by massive bodies.

The magnification of any reflector telescope is given by the focal length of the mirror divided by the focal length of the eyepiece, so if the mirror's focal length is 1000mm and the eyepiece has a focal length of 10mm, then the magnification is 1000 / 10 or 100 X magnification. So, if you wish to increase the magnification you need to either change the mirror (which is impractical) or change the eyepiece (which is easy) replacing it with an eyepiece with a shorter focal length. So, if the new eyepiece has a focal length of 5mm then the magnification is 1000/5 or 200 X magnification. If you do not wish to buy an expensive complete set of eyepieces, you can buy what is called a Barlow lens which fits between the eyepiece and the telescope. These can increase the magnification by a factor of 2 or 3, but the quality of the image is not so good (as the light has to pass through the Barlow lens as well as the eyepiece). Do not forget that you cannot keep increasing magnification hoping to get better and better images. As you double the magnification, you cut the light entering the telescope by at least a half, so the image is dimmer. Most small telescopes with mirrors between 6 and 8 inches can magnify up to around 100 X effectively but anything more than this will result in the image becoming progressively darker, more grainy and generally not so clear. To get higher magnification you need much bigger mirrors of 10 or 12 inches or more. To add further complications, you will also need a substantial mount for the 'scope as any small vibration at a high magnification will result in a great deal of image shake. Also, you will need a really good motor drive to compensate for the movement of the earth, as, without such a drive at high magnifications, the image will move out of the field of view almost as quickly as you find it due to the earth's motion.

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The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a reflecting telescope. Specifically, it is a large, space-based observatory that uses mirrors to gather and focus light from distant objects in space. Reflecting telescopes like Hubble use curved mirrors to capture and reflect light to form images, unlike refracting telescopes that use lenses. Hubble's primary mirror is 2.4 meters (7.9 feet) in diameter and is used to collect light from celestial objects, allowing astronomers to study the universe in visible, ultraviolet, and near-infrared wavelengths.

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The Hubble telescope named after famous scientist, Edwin Hubble has solar panels attached to it which converts sunlight and UV rays into electricity

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.

No. The Hubble Space Telescope was built on Earth and launched into space. It is about the size of a bus.

Mercury orbits very close to the Sun and looking near to the Sun could damage the telescope.

Otherwise it won't remain pointed at the same spot in space any longer.

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.