Hubble Space Telescope

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1. Official Site: HubbleSite
2. Official Site: Space Telescope Science Institute
3. NASA: The Hubble Space Telescope
4. ESA: European Homepage For Hubble Space Telescope
5. ESA: Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility
6. Space Telescope Science Institute: The Hubble Heritage Project
7. Wikipedia: Hubble Space Telescope
8. The Planetary Society: Space Topics: Chandra X-Ray Observatory

[edit] Hubble Space Telescope Recent News

• ESA: Hubble Space Telescope News    Last 3 headlines
  • Photo Release: Hubble captures outstanding views of mammoth stars
  • News Release: Hubble directly observes planet orbiting Fomalhaut
  • Photo Release: The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is back in business
• Google News: Hubble Space Telescope    Last 3 headlines
  • Season's greetings from space - MSNBC
  • Incredible Hubble Space Telescope Images Appear in 2009 Space Calendar - MarketWatch
  • Stunning science books for holiday giving - USA Today

[edit] Hubble Space Telescope Facts and Information

• Howstuffworks: How Hubble Space Telescope Works
• Exploratorium: Origins: Hubble: A View to the Edge of Space
• NationalGeographic.com: Star Journey: Hubble Space Telescope

[edit] Hubble Space Telescope Educational Resources

• Space Telescope Science Institute: Amazing Space
• Space Telescope Science Institute: HubbleSOURCE: Informal Science Education Resources
• NASA Quest: Live From the Hubble Space Telescope

[edit] Hubble Space Telescope Images and Videos

• Space Telescope Science Institute: The Hubble Heritage Project: Gallery of Images
• HubbleSite: Gallery: Hubble Picture Album
• HubbleSite: Gallery: Spacecraft Hubble
• ESA: SpaceTelescope.org: Zoomable Hubble Images Archive

[edit] Hubble Space Telescope Books and DVDs

• ESA: Hubble - 15 Years of Discovery (Book)
• ESA: Hubble - 15 Years of Discovery (DVD)
• Amazon.com: Hubble: The Mirror on the Universe by Robin Kerrod and Carole Stott
• Amazon.com: The Hubble Wars: Astrophysics Meets Astropolitics in the Two-Billion-Dollar Struggle over the Hubble Space Telescope by Eric J. Chaisson
• Amazon.com Book Search: Hubble Space Telescope

[edit] Hubble Space Telescope Timeline

• 1969: American astrophysicist Lyman Spitzer gathers the support of fellow astronomers for his project of an orbital telescope, dubbed LST (Large Space Telescope).
• 1977: Congress approves funding for the project, and NASA names it in honor of Edwin Hubble.
• April 25, 1990: HST is deployed in space by shuttle Discovery flight STS-31. Months later mission scientists discover the primary mirror suffers from spherical aberration because of manufacturing errors.
• December 2, 1993: Space shuttle Endeavour flight flight STS-61 launches into space to perform the Servicing Mission 1 (SM1). Corrective optics are installed, restoring HST to full observation capabilities.
• February 11, 1997: Discovery flight STS-82 launches into space for Servicing Mission 2 (SM2).
• October 29, 1998: Discovery flight STS-95 tests technologies to be used in the next servicing missions.
• December 19, 1999: Discovery flight flight STS-103 launches into space for Servicing Mission 3A (SM3A).
• March 1, 2002: Columbia flight STS-109 launches into space for Servicing Mission 3B (SM3B).
• September 10, 2008: Target date for the launch of shuttle Atlantis flight flight STS-125 in the fifth and final Servicing Mission 4 (SM4).
• 2012-2013: End of Hubble Space Telescope operations and controlled de-orbit into Earth's atmosphere.

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