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Author | : National Research Council |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2005-03-28 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0309095301 |
Download Assessment of Options for Extending the Life of the Hubble Space Telescope Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has operated continuously since 1990. During that time, four space shuttle-based service missions were launched, three of which added major observational capabilities. A fifth â€" SM-4 â€" was intended to replace key telescope systems and install two new instruments. The loss of the space shuttle Columbia, however, resulted in a decision by NASA not to pursue the SM-4 mission leading to a likely end of Hubble's useful life in 2007-2008. This situation resulted in an unprecedented outcry from scientists and the public. As a result, NASA began to explore and develop a robotic servicing mission; and Congress directed NASA to request a study from the National Research Council (NRC) of the robotic and shuttle servicing options for extending the life of Hubble. This report presents an assessment of those two options. It provides an examination of the contributions made by Hubble and those likely as the result of a servicing mission, and a comparative analysis of the potential risk of the two options for servicing Hubble. The study concludes that the Shuttle option would be the most effective one for prolonging Hubble's productive life.
Author | : Carolyn Collins Petersen |
Publisher | : CUP Archive |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 1998-10-28 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780521592918 |
Download Hubble Vision Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Discusses how the findings from the Hubble Space Telescope have affected the way scientists study the universe; includes photographs that were taken by the Hubble Telescope of the planets, distant galaxies, black holes, and the Shoemaker-Levy comet.
Author | : Space Telescope Science Institute (U.S.). Symposium |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 1998-10-13 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780521630979 |
Download The Hubble Deep Field Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The Hubble Deep Field (HDF) is the deepest optical image of the Universe ever obtained. It is the result of a 150-orbit observing programme with the Hubble Space Telescope. It provides a unique resource for researchers studying the formation and evolution of stars and galaxies. This timely volume provides the first comprehensive overview of the HDF and its scientific impact on our understanding in cosmology. It presents articles by a host of world experts who gathered together at an international conference at the Space Telescope Science Institute. The contributions combine observations of the HDF at a variety of wavelengths with the latest theoretical progress in our understanding of the cosmic history of star and galaxy formation. The HDF is set to revolutionize our understanding in cosmology. This book therefore provides an indispensable reference for all graduate students and researchers in observational or theoretical cosmology.
Author | : Kathryn D. Sullivan |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2019-11-05 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0262355949 |
Download Handprints on Hubble Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The first American woman to walk in space recounts her experience as part of the team that launched, rescued, repaired, and maintained the Hubble Space Telescope The Hubble Space Telescope has revolutionized our understanding of the universe. It has, among many other achievements, revealed thousands of galaxies in what seemed to be empty patches of sky; transformed our knowledge of black holes; found dwarf planets with moons orbiting other stars; and measured precisely how fast the universe is expanding. In Handprints on Hubble, retired astronaut Kathryn Sullivan describes her work on the NASA team that made all this possible. Sullivan, the first American woman to walk in space, recounts how she and other astronauts, engineers, and scientists launched, rescued, repaired, and maintained Hubble, the most productive observatory ever built. Along the way, Sullivan chronicles her early life as a “Sputnik Baby,” her path to NASA through oceanography, and her initiation into the space program as one of “thirty-five new guys.” (She was also one of the first six women to join NASA’s storied astronaut corps.) She describes in vivid detail what liftoff feels like inside a spacecraft (it’s like “being in an earthquake and a fighter jet at the same time”), shows us the view from a spacewalk, and recounts the temporary grounding of the shuttle program after the Challenger disaster. Sullivan explains that “maintainability” was designed into Hubble, and she describes the work of inventing the tools and processes that made on-orbit maintenance possible. Because in-flight repair and upgrade was part of the plan, NASA was able to fix a serious defect in Hubble’s mirrors—leaving literal and metaphorical “handprints on Hubble.” Handprints on Hubble was published with the support of the MIT Press Fund for Diverse Voices.
Author | : P. Benvenuti |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 658 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Astronomy |
ISBN | : |
Download Science with the Hubble Space Telescope--II Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Orbiting astronomical observatories |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Space Telescope Science Institute. Proceedings |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 634 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : United States. General Accounting Office. National Security and International Affairs Division |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Download Space Science Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Carolyn Collins Petersen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Space astronomy |
ISBN | : 9780521496438 |
Download Hubble Vision Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Outlines the scientific goals of the Hubble Telescope, as well as its history, and presents planets, star clusters, supernovae, black holes, peculiar stars, optical jets, and gravitational lenses in previously unseen detail.
Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Astronautics and state |
ISBN | : |
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