Topic: Hubble Space Telescope

The Hubble Space Telescope is known around the world and, if any technological device can be loved, this is the one. The mind behind this major satellite was also Chairman of the Astrophysics Department, Dr. Lyman Spitzer, Jr. The Air Force urged ...

Space Photos This Week

The space shuttle Discovery rides toward Launch Pad A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida Monday night, as seen from the roof of the launch control center. The mission, called STS-133, is currently the next-to-last flight scheduled for NASA's shuttle program, which ...
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is one of the most important instruments in the history of astronomy . Launched in 1990, the Hubble orbits the Earth at an altitude of approximately 589 km. Hubble is part of NASA 's Great Observatories program, ...

over 500 hits from space debris

THE Hubble Space Telescope is being battered as it orbits Earth. It has suffered 571 hits from high-speed space debris during over ten years of operation, according to a photographic survey of the telescope's exterior in 1999 (Orbital Debris Quarterly News online, ...
The Hubble Space Telescope or HST is undoubtedly the best optical space telescope of recent times. The extra ordinary quality of Hubble's images has provided great stimulus to astronomical research.. Hubble Space Telescope. 0.007 arcseconds.. NASA, ESA, STScI, J. Hester and P. ...
Without the advancement of computer technology we would not have the Hubble Space Telescope in space. From analyzing data gathered by these telescopes, to designing the complex systems needed to make them work, computer technology goes hand in hand with the advancement ...

Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System

Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS), American system of nine communications satellites in geosynchronous orbit that relay signals between Earth-orbiting satellites and ground facilities located at White Sands, N.M., and on Guam. The first satellite in the series, TDRS-A, was launched ...
The Hubble Space Telescope is "probably the most sophisticated scientific satellite ever built," however, although the options that were opted to be the main function of the Hubble telescope was indeed regal for the sake of the development of modern science and ...

Science at the Top of the News for May 24-28

The most-viewed article last week by subscribers to Science in the News Daily concerned what GPS tracking of migratory birds has revealed about their extraordinary range.
The James Webb telescope, scheduled to be launched in 2013, is a huge, infrared-optimized space telescope. The James Webb Space Telescope, named after a former NASA administrator, is an international collaboration between NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Canadian Space ...