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Hubble Tool Time Episode 4: Servicing Mission 3A
Retired NASA astronaut John Grunsfeld hosts this six-part mini-series about the tools used on the Hubble Space Telescope servicing missions. Hubble was uniquely designed to be serviced in space so that components could be repaired and...
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Hubble Trivia: 1) How Big is the Hubble Space Telescope?
The Hubble Space Telescope has been answering questions about the universe for over 30 years. The question is: How big is the Hubble Space Telescope? You might be surprised! See if you can answer each trivia question before the answer is...
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How do you find an exoplanet?
Have you ever wondered how to find an exoplanet? Dr. Debra Fischer answers your question in this special “Mysteries of the Cosmos” edition of Ask a Scientist.
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NASA | Senator Mikulski Celebrates Hubble Success
The Hubble Space Telescope has been with us for nearly two decades. In that time, its breathtaking images have captured peoples imaginations and its groundbreaking science has revealed some of the many secrets of our universe. After five...
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Episode 2: An Unexpected Journey (Hubble – Eye in the Sky miniseries)
Episode 2: An Unexpected Journey – With five servicing missions, upgraded instruments, and new ways of operating, Hubble is not the same telescope it was when it launched. Discover the innovative ways astronomers and engineers use Hubble...
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Hubble Tool Time Episode 1: Astronaut Training
Retired NASA astronaut John Grunsfeld hosts this six-part mini-series about the tools used on the Hubble Space Telescope servicing missions. Hubble was uniquely designed to be serviced in space so that components could be repaired and...
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Hubble Trivia: 4) What Wavelengths of Light Can Hubble See?
The Hubble Space Telescope has been revealing the secrets of the universe for over 30 years, but it turns out Hubble has some secrets of its own! The question is: What wavelengths of light can Hubble see? You might be surprised! See if...
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Hubble Trivia: 17) How wide is Hubble’s primary mirror?
The Hubble Space Telescope has been revealing the secrets of the universe for over 30 years, but it turns out Hubble has some secrets of its own! The question is: How wide is Hubble’s primary mirror? You might be surprised! See if you...
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Water Vapor Detected In Europa’s Atmosphere
Observations of Jupiter's icy moon Europa from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have revealed the presence of persistent water vapor — but, mysteriously, only in one hemisphere. Europa harbors a vast ocean underneath its icy surface, which...
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Time-Lapse of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Assembly, Sunshield Deployment
This time-lapse video reveals NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is now a fully assembled observatory, and is accomplishing large-scale deployments and movements that it will perform while in space. Ensuring mission success for an...
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NASA | You're Welcome Science: Galileo's Greatest Hits
On March 20, 2009, at 1:00 p.m. EDT, join a panel of scientists for a live Sun-Earth Day Webcast on www.nasa.gov and NASA TV. During the webcast, scientists will share discoveries about the sun, while students monitor the sun and prepare...
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NASA | James Webb Space Telescope Stands Tall
The flight structure of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope was standing tall in the cleanroom at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
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Hubble Tool Time Episode 2: Servicing Mission 1
Retired NASA astronaut John Grunsfeld hosts this six-part mini-series about the tools used on the Hubble Space Telescope servicing missions. Hubble was uniquely designed to be serviced in space so that components could be repaired and...
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Hubble Trivia: 12) Hubble witnessed plumes of water vapor on which of Jupiter’s moons?
The Hubble Space Telescope has been revealing the secrets of the universe for over 30 years, but it turns out Hubble has some secrets of its own! The question is: Hubble witnessed plumes of water vapor on which of Jupiter’s moons? You...
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Hubble Trivia: 7) How Many Times Does Hubble Orbit Earth in a Day?
The Hubble Space Telescope has been revealing the secrets of the universe for over 30 years, but it turns out Hubble has some secrets of its own! The question is: How many times does Hubble orbit Earth in one day? You might be surprised!...
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WFIRST's Wide Field Instrument
In order to know how the universe will end, we must know what has happened to it so far. This is just one mystery NASA's forthcoming Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) mission will tackle as it explores the distant cosmos. The...
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Solar System Surprises : Hubble’s Universe
Celebrating 30 years in orbit, the Hubble Space Telescope has revealed astonishing secrets about our universe. Yet, while its most famous pictures may reveal galaxies and nebulas across the cosmos, it’s also unlocked secrets here in our...
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Record Broken: Hubble Spots Farthest Star Ever Seen
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has established an extraordinary new benchmark: detecting the light of a star that existed within the first billion years after the universe’s birth in the big bang—the farthest individual star ever seen to...
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NASA | Webb Space Telescope Integrated Science Instrument Module Begins Final Cryogenic Test
Engineers place the heart of the James Webb Space Telescope into the Space Environment Simulator, a giant thermal vacuum and cryogenic testing chamber, at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. You can find out more...
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NASA | The Dual Personality of the 'Christmas Burst'
The Christmas burst, also known as GRB 101225A, was discovered in the constellation Andromeda by Swift's Burst Alert Telescope at 1:38 p.m. EST on Dec. 25, 2010. Two very different scenarios successfully reproduce features of this...
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Hubble and Going Forward to the Moon
We are going forward to the Moon by 2024, but did you know that back in 2005, Dr. Jim Garvin and his team of scientists pointed the Hubble Space Telescope at our nearest celestial neighbor for a very important reason? The Hubble team...
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NASA | Laser Comm: That's a Bright Idea
Laser light made records obsolete. NASA is on the verge of doing the same thing with space based communications. Before the end of the decade, the Laser Communication Relay Demonstration (LCRD) mission will revolutionize the way we move...
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How Hubble’s Servicing Mission 3A Saved the Day
After Hubble’s important gyroscopes began to fail, a Hubble emergency was declared and Servicing Mission 3 was quickly split into two separate launches. So on Dec. 19, 1999, the brave crew of space shuttle Discovery lifted off to switch...
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Mini-Jet Found Near Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole
Our Milky Way’s central black hole has a leak! This supermassive black hole, over 4 million times more massive than our Sun, looks like it still has the remnants of a blowtorch-like jet dating back several thousand years. NASA’s Hubble...