Hubble Space Telescope

The Hubble Space Telescope ( HST ) was placed in orbit by the American Space Shuttle in 1990. With a 7.9 foot main aperture, the main scientific instruments observe space in the near ultraviolet, visible, and near infrared electromagnetic spectrum. A stronomer  Edwin Hubble  is the telescope’s namesake. He identified the redshift  observed in the  spectra of light  from other galaxies and determined that it increased  in proportion to a particular galaxy's distance from Earth.



<p style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; ">Without the distortion due to the atmosphere by being permanently positioned in low earth orbit, it has taken pictures of the farthest objects ever seen in the universe and very detailed pictures of closer objects. Five service missions were made to the Hubble Telescope including adjusting it to correct the faulty mirror system originally installed in it. The telescope is expected to operate until at least 2014. <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; ">

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<p style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 15.75pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; ">Astronaut Dr. Mike Massimino twice visited the Hubble during Space Shuttle repair missions and guest starred during a video conference call with Howard giving him the nickname “Froot Loops" He might be on the crew that is going to the International Space Station with Howard to install Howards new telescope design. <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; ">