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ACS Repair: The Challenge to Fix Hubble's Best Survey Camera
Shortly after NASA Administrator Michael Griffin announced that N …
2009
Description Shortly after NASA Administrator Michael Griffin announced that NASA would add a servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble’s most prominent camera and most used instrument died.
Date 2009
The Last Mission to Hubble
Spring 2009 will be the last time humans visit Hubble. NASA's sci …
2009
Description Spring 2009 will be the last time humans visit Hubble. NASA's scientists, engineers and astronauts are working to make Hubble better than ever before. See what NASA has planned for this mission, from new science instruments, to challenging instrument repairs, and numerous upgrades.
Date 2009
Atlantis Launches on Hubble Repair Mission
Atlantis lifts off from Kennedy Space Center on the STS-125 missi …
2009
Description Atlantis lifts off from Kennedy Space Center on the STS-125 mission to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope.
Date 2009
Hubble Clothing: Thermal Protection Blankets
This NASA eClips video describes the outer shell material of the …
2008
Description This NASA eClips video describes the outer shell material of the Hubble Space Telescope. Because Hubble is exposed to extreme temperatures in space, NASA scientists had to find a way to protect the telescope from the harsh environment. This video explains what material is used and how the thermal material helps protect the telescope. This video is a NASA eClips (TM) program.
Date 2008
Exploring Physics Across the Universe
Once installed on the Hubble Space Telescope during the servicing …
2009
Description Once installed on the Hubble Space Telescope during the servicing mission in spring 2009, the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph will dramatically advance research on the origin of the universe, the evolution of galaxies and the formation of planetary systems.
Date 2009
Enter NASA's Spacecraft Chamber of Horrors
Hubble components must endure harsh tests at NASA's Goddard Space …
2009
Description Hubble components must endure harsh tests at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
Date 2009
Goddard Space Flight Center Divers
Astronauts practice scheduled mission tasks on a Hubble mock-up i …
2009
Description Astronauts practice scheduled mission tasks on a Hubble mock-up inside a large clean room facility.
Date 2009
Wide Field Camera 3: Extending Hubble's Vision
The Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) will study a diverse range of obje …
2009
Description The Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) will study a diverse range of objects and phenomena, from early and distant galaxy formation to nearby planetary nebulae, and finally our own backyard -- the planets and other bodies of our Solar System.
Date 2009
SLIC: The Unsung Hero of Servicing Mission 4
The composite Super Lightweight Interchangeable Carrier (SLIC) is …
2009
Description The composite Super Lightweight Interchangeable Carrier (SLIC) is a new breed of equipment carrier that will allow the space shuttle to transport a full complement of scientific instruments and other components to Hubble. SLIC will carry the new Wide Field Camera 3 and replacement batteries for the Hubble Space Telescope during Servicing Mission 4.
Date 2009
Countdown to the Last Mission to Hubble
The Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) will study a diverse range of obje …
2009
Description The Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) will study a diverse range of objects and phenomena, from early and distant galaxy formation to nearby planetary nebulae, and finally our own backyard -- the planets and other bodies of our Solar System.
Date 2009
CATS: Crew Aids and Tools
A team at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center designs and builds t …
2009
Description A team at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center designs and builds the special tools and aids astronauts need when they service the Hubble Space Telescope.
Date 2009
Hubble Operations Control Room
During servicing missions the Space Telescope Operations Control …
2009
Description During servicing missions the Space Telescope Operations Control Room at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center becomes a very busy place.
Date 2009
STIS Repair: The Quest for Renewed Exploration
The most versatile spectrograph ever to fly on Hubble ceased oper …
2009
Description The most versatile spectrograph ever to fly on Hubble ceased operations in August 2004 due to the failure of its power supply. In order to restore the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph to operational status, astronauts will perform a never-before-attempted replacement of an electronics board inside its main electronics box.
Date 2009
Ranger Satellite Servicing Mission
Ranger is a spaceflight qualified dexterous robotic servicing sys …
7/8/08
Description Ranger is a spaceflight qualified dexterous robotic servicing system that was primarily designed per the requirements for robotic servicing of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The fifth and final Space Shuttle servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope is scheduled for October 2008.
Date 7/8/08
Astronaut Training at Goddard Space Flight Center
Mission Commander Scott Altman talks about working with the fligh …
2009
Description Mission Commander Scott Altman talks about working with the flight hardware.
Date 2009
Atlantis Astronauts Brush Up on Hubble Mission Training at Kenned …
Space Shuttle Atlantis' seven crew members spent two days at NASA …
2009
Description Space Shuttle Atlantis' seven crew members spent two days at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida preparing for their upcoming mission to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. On April 2, crew members participated in equipment and procedure familiarization training at the Hazardous Payload Processing Facility. The astronauts received refresher training on countdown and emergency escape procedures at Kennedy's Launch Pad 39A on April 3. Atlantis is targeted to launch on its STS-125 servicing mission to Hubble on May 12.
Date 2009
Shuttle Atlantis' Crew Reviews Payload for Hubble Mission
The seven astronauts for space shuttle Atlantis' upcoming STS-125 …
2009
Description The seven astronauts for space shuttle Atlantis' upcoming STS-125 mission to service NASA's Hubble Space Telescope were at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., on April 28. The crew members inspected the Hubble equipment in Atlantis' payload bay on Kennedy's Launch Pad 39A. The crew was dressed in protective clothing to prevent contaminating the payload.
Date 2009
NASA 360 Episode 5
This episode of NASA 360 contains updates on Mars. Highlights inc …
2008
Description This episode of NASA 360 contains updates on Mars. Highlights include: the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars, or CRISM, mission as it looks for evidence of water on Mars, using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to look at Earth and explore deep space, exploring the "final frontier" of Earth's atmosphere, using satellites to measure the height of the oceans, and the impact of changing sea levels on human civilizations. This video is a NASA eClips (TM) program.
Date 2008
A Grazing Encounter Between Two Spiral Galaxies
Taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in 1999, the larger and more …
8/1/08
Description Taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in 1999, the larger and more massive galaxy is cataloged as NGC 2207 (on the left in the Hubble Heritage image), and the smaller one on the right is IC 2163.
Date 8/1/08
NASA's Shuttle Atlantis Arrives at Launch Pad for Hubble Mission
Space shuttle Atlantis was moved Thursday, Sept. 4, from the Vehi …
9/4/08
Description Space shuttle Atlantis was moved Thursday, Sept. 4, from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., for its upcoming mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. The move is referred to as "rollout." Now that the shuttle is in launch position, Atlantis' crew will arrive at Kennedy on Sept. 21 to participate in a full launch dress rehearsal, known as the terminal countdown demonstration test, scheduled for Sept. 22-24. Atlantis is targeted to launch Oct. 10. During the 11-day STS-125 mission, the shuttle's seven astronauts will install two new instruments in Hubble, as well as replace the Fine Guidance Sensor. Atlantis' crew members are Commander Scott Altman, Pilot Gregory C. Johnson and Mission Specialists John Grunsfeld, Mike Massimino, Megan McArthur, Andrew Feustel and Michael Good.
Date 9/4/08
Shuttle External Fuel Tank for Hubble Mission Arrives for Preps
The external fuel tank for space shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 missio …
2008
Description The external fuel tank for space shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission to repair and upgrade NASA's Hubble Space Telescope now is at Kennedy Space Center for launch preparations. External Tank 130 arrived at Kennedy Dec. 3 and was taken off its transport barge, Pegasus, and moved into the Vehicle Assembly Building Dec. 4. The tank was then lifted into a checkout cell in the VAB on Dec. 5 to begin preparations for launch. The tank and twin solid rocket boosters will be attached to Atlantis next year for a targeted May 12, 2009, liftoff. Atlantis' mission to Hubble was delayed in September when a data handling unit on the telescope failed. A new unit will be delivered to Kennedy next spring for a targeted May launch.
Date 2008
External Tank and Boosters Attached for NASA's Hubble Servicing M …
In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, …
2008
Description In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., technicians attach the external fuel tank and two solid rocket boosters on Aug. 3 for space shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. Atlantis is targeted to launch on Oct. 8 at 1:34 a.m. EDT.
Date 2008
Space Shuttle Awaits Hubble Mission
Space shuttle Atlantis was removed from its external fuel tank an …
11/11/08
Description Space shuttle Atlantis was removed from its external fuel tank and solid rocket booster stack and rolled back to its Orbiter Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, to await launch of its STS-125 mission to NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The launch date is under review.
Date 11/11/08
Hubble-Spitzer Orion
Title Hubble-Spitzer Orion
Description This video cycles between the Hubble view, the Spitzer view, and the combined Hubble-Spitzer view of the Orion Nebula.
NASA's Shuttle Atlantis Prepares for Hubble Servicing Mission
Technicians in the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Sp …
2009
Description Technicians in the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida attach the lifting sling to space shuttle Atlantis for rotation and hoisting on March 23. The shuttle then was attached to its external fuel tank and twin solid rocket boosters for its upcoming mission to service NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
Date 2009
NASA's Shuttle Atlantis Moves for Hubble Mission
Space shuttle Atlantis was moved Monday, March 23, from its Orbit …
2009
Description Space shuttle Atlantis was moved Monday, March 23, from its Orbiter Processing facility to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., for its upcoming servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. The move from Atlantis' hanger is referred to as a "rollover." Following rollover, technicians in the Vehicle Assembly Building attach the lifting sling to Atlantis for rotating and hoisting. The shuttle then is mated to its external fuel tank and twin solid rocket boosters.
Date 2009
Shuttle Atlantis' External Fuel Tank Arrives at NASA's Kennedy Sp …
The external fuel tank for the next space shuttle mission arrived …
2008
Description The external fuel tank for the next space shuttle mission arrived Tuesday, June 15 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., for shuttle Atlantis' upcoming launch to the Hubble Space Telescope. The tank was unloaded and transferred to Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building where it is scheduled to be attached to the solid rocket boosters on Aug. 7. Liftoff is targeted for 1:34 a.m. EDT on Oct. 8.
Date 2008
Light and Shadow in the Carina Nebula
Previously unseen details of a mysterious, complex structure with …
8/1/08
Description Previously unseen details of a mysterious, complex structure within the Carina Nebula (NGC 3372) are revealed by this image of the "Keyhole Nebula," obtained with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope in 1999.
Date 8/1/08
Space Shuttle Atlantis' Hubble Telescope Servicing Crew Performs …
The crew that will launch aboard space shuttle Atlantis on its up …
2008
Description The crew that will launch aboard space shuttle Atlantis on its upcoming STS-125 mission participated in a crew equipment interface test, known as CEIT, July 11 through 12 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. During the training, the crew inspected hardware and flight equipment they will use in orbit. During its 11-day mission, Atlantis' seven astronauts will install two new instruments to NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, as well as replace the Fine Guidance Sensor and perform other repair tasks. Atlantis' crew members are Commander Scott Altman, Pilot Gregory C. Johnson and Mission Specialists John Grunsfeld, Mike Massimino, Megan McArthur, Andrew Feustel and Michael Good.
Date 2008
House Call: Discovery on Its Way to Hubble
Title House Call: Discovery on Its Way to Hubble
Description The Space Shuttle Discovery takes off on a mission to upgrade and repair Hubble in 1999. Once it gets close enough to Hubble, the shuttle uses its robotic arm to tow the telescope into its cargo bay for astronauts to work on. Astronauts routinely visit Hubble to perform maintenance work and install new instruments, thanks to the telescope?s unique construction with replaceable parts.
Hubble Payload Moves to Pad
The payload canister with the Hubble Space Telescope equipment he …
4/21/09
Description The payload canister with the Hubble Space Telescope equipment heads for Launch Pad 39A. In the foreground, a bobcat runs across the road. Once at the pad, the Hubble equipment will be transferred to space shuttle Atlantis' payload bay. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett April 18, 2009
Date 4/21/09
At the Pad
Space shuttle Atlantis slowly reaches the top of Launch Pad 39A a …
4/1/09
Description Space shuttle Atlantis slowly reaches the top of Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida after rollout from the Vehicle Assembly Building. The rollout was in preparation for its launch on the STS-125 mission. Atlantis is set to fly a crew of seven astronauts on an 11-day mission to service NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. During five spacewalks, they will install two new instruments, repair two inactive ones and replace components. The result will be six working, complementary science instruments with capabilities beyond what is now available, extending operational lifespan for the telescope through at least 2014. Image credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller March 31, 2009
Date 4/1/09
NASA Connect - MMOU - Hubble Telescope Uses Algebra
NASA Connect Segment explaining the design and upkeep of the Hubb …
4/1/00
Description NASA Connect Segment explaining the design and upkeep of the Hubble Space telescope. Also explains how algebra is used with the telescope.
Date 4/1/00
Hubble in Flight
Title Hubble in Flight
Description The Hubble Space Telescope drifts through space in this picture, taken by Space Shuttle Discovery during Hubble?s second servicing mission in 1997. The 10-foot aperture door, open to admit light, closes to block out space debris. The observatory?s solar panels and foil-like thermal blankets are clearly visible. The solar panels provide power, while the thermal blankets protect Hubble from the extreme temperatures of space.
Hubble Against Earth's Horizon
Title Hubble Against Earth's Horizon
Description The Hubble Space Telescope hovers at the boundary of Earth and space in this picture, taken after Hubble?s second servicing mission in 1997. Hubble drifts 353 miles (569 km) above the Earth?s surface, where it can avoid the atmosphere and clearly see objects in space.
Hubble Hardware Loaded into Atlantis' Payload Bay
Video includes aerials of the shuttles on April 17, and sunrise s …
2008
Description Video includes aerials of the shuttles on April 17, and sunrise shots and additional aerials on April 18. During its 11-day mission designated STS-125, Atlantis' seven astronauts will install two new instruments in Hubble, as well as replace the Fine Guidance Sensor. Atlantis is targeted to launch Oct. 14.
Date 2008
Young Scientist Challenge
Goddard filmmakers Erica Drezek (left) and Ryan Fitzgibbons inter …
1/15/09
Description Goddard filmmakers Erica Drezek (left) and Ryan Fitzgibbons interview astronaut Paul Richards and research scientist Russ Werneth. Richards and Werneth hosted a challenge about the Hubble Space Telescope. In the challenge, students simulated how to repair Hubble's thermal blanketing. Photo credit: NASA/Wade Sisler
Date 1/15/09
Repairing Hubble
Title Repairing Hubble
Description Astronaut Steve Smith works on Hubble during the second servicing mission in 1997 with a ratchet. NASA specially designed the power tool to withstand the harsh environment of space, making it an essential item during three different Hubble missions. Hubble was specifically built to be serviced in orbit with replaceable parts and instruments. Astronauts performed four days of spacewalks during the second servicing mission to replace instruments and repair the telescope.
Bathed in Lights
Lights covering the fixed service structure on Launch Pad 39A cas …
4/21/09
Description Lights covering the fixed service structure on Launch Pad 39A cast their glow over space shuttle Atlantis. The shuttle waits the arrival of the payload canister with its cargo of Hubble Space Telescope equipment. The payload will be transferred into Atlantis' payload bay for the 11-day STS-125 mission to service the Hubble Telescope. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett April 18, 2009
Date 4/21/09
VIP Award
In the Firing Room at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Ste …
5/13/09
Description In the Firing Room at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Steven Hoyle, left, and Russ Brucker, center, receive a VIP award for their efforts associated with the STS-125 mission and NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Hoyle is the payload test operations manager with NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Brucker is the payload integration manager for Hubble with United Space Alliance. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett May 11, 2009
Date 5/13/09
Into the Clouds
Creating an image of a century plant in bloom, space shuttle Atla …
5/13/09
Description Creating an image of a century plant in bloom, space shuttle Atlantis trails a column of fire and smoke as it races into space on the STS-125 mission to service NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Atlantis' 11-day flight will include five spacewalks to refurbish and upgrade the telescope with state-of-the-art science instruments that will expand Hubble's capabilities and extend its operational lifespan through at least 2014. Photo courtesy of Scott Andrews May 11, 2009
Date 5/13/09
NASA's Shuttle Atlantis Moves for Hubble Mission
Space shuttle Atlantis was moved Friday, Aug. 22, from its Orbite …
8/22/08
Description Space shuttle Atlantis was moved Friday, Aug. 22, from its Orbiter Processing Facility to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., for its upcoming mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. The move from Atlantis' hanger is referred to as a "rollover." On Saturday, Aug. 23, technicians in the Vehicle Assembly Building attached the lifting sling to Atlantis for rotation and hoisting, and attached Atlantis to its external fuel tank and twin solid rocket boosters. The shuttle is scheduled to move to launch pad 39A on Aug. 30 in preparation for its targeted Oct. 8 launch. During the 11-day mission, the crew of seven astronauts will install two new instruments to the orbital observatory, as well as replace the Fine Guidance Sensor. The result will be six working, complementary science instruments with capabilities beyond what is now available, and an extended operational lifespan through at least 2013.
Date 8/22/08
Two NASA Space Shuttles on Two Launch Pads for Final Time
Following rollout of space shuttle Endeavour from the Vehicle Ass …
2009
Description Following rollout of space shuttle Endeavour from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B on April 17, two shuttles were on the launch pads at the same time at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Shuttle Atlantis already had been moved to Launch Pad 39A. Endeavour will stand by at pad B in the unlikely event that a rescue mission is necessary during Atlantis' upcoming mission to upgrade NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. With the space shuttle fleet set for retirement in 2010, this is expected to be the final time two shuttles will be on launch pads at the same time. Video includes aerials of the shuttles on April 17, and sunrise shots and additional aerials on April 18. The equipment and hardware that will be used in space shuttle Atlantis' upcoming mission to NASA's Hubble Space Telescope was loaded into the shuttle's payload bay at Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A in Florida on Sept. 25.
Date 2009
Space Shuttle -- December 1993
Astronaut Kathryn C. Thornton works with equipment associated wit …
7/18/08
Description Astronaut Kathryn C. Thornton works with equipment associated with servicing the Hubble Space Telescope during the fourth extravehicular activity on the eleven-day STS-61 mission.
Date 7/18/08
Hubble: The First Decade
Title Hubble: The First Decade
Description A comet crashes into Jupiter. The age of the universe is revealed. Experience these moments and more, including the detection of black holes and the observation of far-distant galaxies, as we explore the key events in the first 10 years of Hubble?s life. Produced in 2000.
Hubble Reborn
Title Hubble Reborn
Description Hubble was specifically designed to be serviced and upgraded by visiting astronauts. Learn about Hubble?s 2002 mission, the instruments installed, and the science they made possible.
Revelations
Title Revelations
Description Take a thrill ride through 15 years of Hubble images, starting with Hubble?s first picture and ending with its anniversary image of the Whirlpool Galaxy. In less than three minutes, 800 Hubble images flash over the screen, sometimes as fast as 60 pictures per second.
Picture Perfect: Hubble's New Improved Optics Probe the Core of a …
Title Picture Perfect: Hubble's New Improved Optics Probe the Core of a Distant Galaxy
General Information What is an Early Release Observation? A photograph of a celestial object that demonstrates the performance of a new Hubble camera. What is an American Astronomical Society Meeting release? A major news announcement issued at an American Astronomical Society meeting, the premier astronomy conference. This comparison image of the core of galaxy M100 shows the dramatic improvement in the Hubble telescope's view of the universe. The new image (right) was taken with the second generation Wide Field and Planetary Camera (WFPC2), which was installed during the STS-61 Hubble Servicing Mission. The picture beautifully demonstrates that the corrective optics incorporated within WFPC2 compensate fully for Hubble's near-sightedness. The new camera will allow Hubble to probe the universe with unprecedented clarity and sensitivity. The picture clearly shows faint structure as small as 30 light-years across in a galaxy tens of millions of light-years away.
Picture Perfect: Hubble's New Improved Optics Probe the Core of a …
Title Picture Perfect: Hubble's New Improved Optics Probe the Core of a Distant Galaxy
General Information What is an Early Release Observation? A photograph of a celestial object that demonstrates the performance of a new Hubble camera. What is an American Astronomical Society Meeting release? A major news announcement issued at an American Astronomical Society meeting, the premier astronomy conference. This comparison image of the core of galaxy M100 shows the dramatic improvement in the Hubble telescope's view of the universe. The new image (right) was taken with the second generation Wide Field and Planetary Camera (WFPC2), which was installed during the STS-61 Hubble Servicing Mission. The picture beautifully demonstrates that the corrective optics incorporated within WFPC2 compensate fully for Hubble's near-sightedness. The new camera will allow Hubble to probe the universe with unprecedented clarity and sensitivity. The picture clearly shows faint structure as small as 30 light-years across in a galaxy tens of millions of light-years away.
WFPC2--Horsehead Nebula
In honor of the 11th birthday of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, a …
4/24/01
Date 4/24/01
Description In honor of the 11th birthday of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, and by popular demand, the Hubble team has released this new image of the Horsehead nebula, taken by its Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2), designed and built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. Last year, 5,000 online voters, including students, teachers, and professional and amateur astronomers, chose the nebula as an astronomical target for Hubble to observe. Rising from a sea of dust and gas like a giant seahorse, the Horsehead nebula is one of the most photographed objects in the sky. Hubble's WFPC2 camera took a close-up look at this heavenly icon, revealing the cloud's intricate structure. The Horsehead, also known as Barnard 33, is a cold, dark cloud of gas and dust silhouetted against the bright red nebula IC 434. The bright area at the top left edge is a young star still embedded in its nursery of gas and dust. But radiation from this hot star is eroding the stellar nursery. The top of the nebula also is being sculpted by radiation from a massive star located out of Hubble's field-of-view. The nebula was first discovered on a photographic plate in the late 1800s. It is located in the constellation Orion just south of the bright star Zeta Orionis, which is easily visible to the unaided eye as the left-hand star in the line of three that form Orion's Belt. This image was composed by the Hubble Heritage Team at the Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md. The team superimposed Hubble data onto ground-based data taken by Nigel A. Sharp at the .9-meter (35-inch) telescope at the National Science Foundation's Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, Ariz. Additional images and an animation of the Horsehead nebula are available at http://heritage.stsci.edu/public/2001may/supplemental.html . NASA's Hubble Space Telescope was launched on April 24, 1990. The Hubble is a project of international cooperation between NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA). JPL, which designed and built the WFPC2 camera, is a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. Additional information about the Hubble Space Telescope and more images are available at http://www.stsci.edu . More information about WFPC2 is at http://wfpc2.jpl.nasa.gov . Image Credit: NASA, NOAO, ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) Acknowledgment: K. Noll (Hubble Heritage PI/STScI), C. Luginbuhl (USNO), F. Hamilton (Hubble Heritage/STScI) #####
Hubble
The Hubble Space Telescope stands tall in the cargo bay of the sp …
5/14/09
Description The Hubble Space Telescope stands tall in the cargo bay of the space shuttle Atlantis following its capture on Wednesday, May 13, 2009. The STS-125 mission...
Date 5/14/09
The Final Mission to Hubble
The STS-125 crew aboard space shuttle Atlantis captured this stil …
5/22/09
Description The STS-125 crew aboard space shuttle Atlantis captured this still image of the Hubble Space Telescope as the two spacecraft begin their relative separation...
Date 5/22/09
Working at the Hubble Control Center, Space Telescope Science Ins …
Title Working at the Hubble Control Center, Space Telescope Science Institute
Description At Hubble?s control center at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Md., in 2005, Shift Supervisor Larry Stake uses a series of consoles to monitor Hubble operations. All the commands transmitted to Hubble, including the instructions on recording scientific data and orders on which stars to observe, come from these consoles. The shift supervisor is responsible for overall operations and the health and safety of Hubble. Hubble is monitored constantly by four teams, each made up of a quartet of flight controllers. The flight controllers deal with operations ranging from pointing the telescope to receiving data.
Almost There
The payload canister (right) with the Hubble Space Telescope equi …
4/21/09
Description The payload canister (right) with the Hubble Space Telescope equipment arrives at the base of Launch Pad 39A. On the pad, the Hubble equipment will be transferred to space shuttle Atlantis' payload bay. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett April 18, 2009
Date 4/21/09
Astronauts Training to Repair Hubble
Title Astronauts Training to Repair Hubble
Description Astronauts Steven Smith and John Grunsfeld train in a Goddard Space Flight Center clean room on a backup of an electrical section of Hubble in 1999. The electrical section holds transmitters, batteries, recorders and electronics that operate various parts of Hubble. The astronauts wear ?bunny suits,? special coveralls, hoods, gloves, boots and masks that protect the sensitive equipment from particles that could interfere with its performance.
Making a Mend: Repairing Hubble's Insulation
Title Making a Mend: Repairing Hubble's Insulation
Description Astronauts headed for Hubble during its second servicing mission in 1997 expected to repair some of the telescope?s outside insulation, which deteriorates in the harsh environment of space. But when they arrived, they discovered more damage than they had expected. Working inside the shuttle, they made patches out of materials in their repair kit. Astronaut Scott Horowitz holds up one of the patches.
15 Years of Science from the Hubble Space Telescope
Title 15 Years of Science from the Hubble Space Telescope
Description The birth and death pangs of stars, the deepest pictures taken of space, and immense natural "lenses" created by gravity are among the topics illustrated by Hubble images in this short broadcast, known as a HubbleMinute.
Hubble 2003
Title Hubble 2003
Description Planets outside our own solar system, black holes and the beginning of time are among the topics Hubble tackled in 2002. This first installment of the Hubble yearbook series highlights the year?s discoveries.
Hubble 2005
Title Hubble 2005
Description From the discovery of Sedna, a distant object rotating with puzzling slowness, to theories about the death of the universe based on observation of supernova remnants, 2004 was a big year for Hubble science. This third installment in the Hubble yearbook series covers these topics and more.
STS-125 HST Prepack and Fit Check
STS-125 HST Prepack and Fit Check
2009
Description STS-125 HST Prepack and Fit Check
Date 2009
Hands-On Book of Hubble Images Allows the Visually Impaired to "T …
Title Hands-On Book of Hubble Images Allows the Visually Impaired to "Touch the Universe
Hands-On Book of Hubble Images Allows the Visually Impaired to "T …
Title Hands-On Book of Hubble Images Allows the Visually Impaired to "Touch the Universe
Hands-On Book of Hubble Images Allows the Visually Impaired to "T …
Title Hands-On Book of Hubble Images Allows the Visually Impaired to "Touch the Universe
Shuttle Atlantis' Hubble Mission Crew Participate in M-113 Traini …
The seven-member crew of the next shuttle mission practice drivin …
2008
Description The seven-member crew of the next shuttle mission practice driving the M-113 armored personnel carrier during a full launch dress rehearsal, known as the terminal countdown demonstration test, or TCDT, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Sept. 22. The crew members of space shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission each practice driving the M-113 in turn as part of their training on emergency egress procedures. An M-113 will be available to transport the crew to safety in the event of a contingency on the pad before their launch. TCDT provides astronauts and ground crews with an opportunity to participate in various simulated countdown activities including equipment familiarization and emergency training.
Date 2008
NASA's Shuttle Endeavour Moves for STS-127 Mission
Space shuttle Endeavour was moved April 10, from Orbiter Processi …
4/10/09
Description Space shuttle Endeavour was moved April 10, from Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 2 to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., for its upcoming STS-127 mission to the International Space Station. Endeavour also will stand by at Kennedy's Launch Pad 39B in the unlikely event that a rescue mission is necessary during space shuttle Atlantis' upcoming mission to upgrade NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The move from Endeavour's hangar is referred to referred to as a "rollover." Following rollover technicians in the Vehicle Assembly Building attach the lifting sling to Endeavour for rotation and hoisting. The shuttle then is mated to its external fuel tank and twin solid rocket boosters.
Date 4/10/09
Hubble Finds Smallest Kuiper Belt Object
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered the smallest object …
01/13/10
Description NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered the smallest object ever seen in visible light in the Kuiper Belt, a vast ring of icy debris that is encircling the outer rim of the solar system just beyond Neptune. This artist's concept of the needle-in-a-haystack object found by Hubble is only 3,200 feet across and a whopping 4.2 billion miles away. The smallest Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) seen previously in reflected light is roughly 30 miles across, or 50 times larger. Hubble observations of nearby stars show that a number of them have Kuiper Belt-like disks of icy debris encircling them. These disks are the remnants of planetary formation. Researchers surmise that over billions of years the debris should collide, grinding the KBO-type objects down to ever smaller pieces that were not part of the original Kuiper Belt population. The finding is a powerful illustration of scientists' ability to use archived Hubble data to produce important new discoveries. Image Credit: NASA
Date 01/13/10
Hubble Docked with the Shuttle Endeavor
Title Hubble Docked with the Shuttle Endeavor
Description Astronaut F. Story Musgrave, anchored on the Space Shuttle Endeavor?s robotic arm, prepares to be elevated to the top of the Hubble Space Telescope during Hubble?s first servicing mission in 1993. Astronaut Jeffrey Hoffman, inside the shuttle payload bay, assists Musgrave. Hubble?s first servicing mission replaced and repaired various instruments, but its most important task was installing technology that corrected the tiny flaw in Hubble?s main mirror that distorted the telescope?s view. Hubble was specially designed to be repaired and upgraded by astronauts while in orbit.
Hubble Captures Stars Going Out in Style
Title Hubble Captures Stars Going Out in Style
General Information What is Hubble Heritage? A monthly showcase of new and archival Hubble images. Go to the Heritage site. The colorful, intricate shapes in these NASA Hubble Space Telescope images reveal how the glowing gas ejected by dying Sun-like stars evolves dramatically over time. These gaseous clouds, called planetary nebulae, are created when stars in the last stages of life cast off their outer layers of material into space. The snapshots of He 2-47, NGC 5315, IC 4593, and NGC 5307 were taken with Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 in February 2007.
Hubble Captures Stars Going Out in Style
Title Hubble Captures Stars Going Out in Style
General Information What is Hubble Heritage? A monthly showcase of new and archival Hubble images. Go to the Heritage site. The colorful, intricate shapes in these NASA Hubble Space Telescope images reveal how the glowing gas ejected by dying Sun-like stars evolves dramatically over time. These gaseous clouds, called planetary nebulae, are created when stars in the last stages of life cast off their outer layers of material into space. The snapshots of He 2-47, NGC 5315, IC 4593, and NGC 5307 were taken with Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 in February 2007.
Hubble Captures Stars Going Out in Style
Title Hubble Captures Stars Going Out in Style
General Information What is Hubble Heritage? A monthly showcase of new and archival Hubble images. Go to the Heritage site. The colorful, intricate shapes in these NASA Hubble Space Telescope images reveal how the glowing gas ejected by dying Sun-like stars evolves dramatically over time. These gaseous clouds, called planetary nebulae, are created when stars in the last stages of life cast off their outer layers of material into space. The snapshots of He 2-47, NGC 5315, IC 4593, and NGC 5307 were taken with Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 in February 2007.
Hubble Captures Stars Going Out in Style
Title Hubble Captures Stars Going Out in Style
General Information What is Hubble Heritage? A monthly showcase of new and archival Hubble images. Go to the Heritage site. The colorful, intricate shapes in these NASA Hubble Space Telescope images reveal how the glowing gas ejected by dying Sun-like stars evolves dramatically over time. These gaseous clouds, called planetary nebulae, are created when stars in the last stages of life cast off their outer layers of material into space. The snapshots of He 2-47, NGC 5315, IC 4593, and NGC 5307 were taken with Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 in February 2007.
Hands-On Book of Hubble Images Allows the Visually Impaired to "T …
Title Hands-On Book of Hubble Images Allows the Visually Impaired to "Touch the Universe
NASA's Shuttle Endeavour Prepares for STS-127 Mission
Technicians in the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Sp …
4/10/09
Description Technicians in the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida attached the lifting sling to space shuttle Endeavour for rotation and hoisting on April 10. The shuttle then was attached to its external fuel tank and twin solid rocket boosters for its upcoming mission to the International Space Station. Endeavour also will stand by at Kennedy's launch Pad 39B in the unlikely event that a rescue mission is necessary during space shuttle Atlantis' upcoming mission to upgrade NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
Date 4/10/09
Hubble Astronomers Unveil "Crab Nebula - The Movie
Title Hubble Astronomers Unveil "Crab Nebula - The Movie
Hands-On Book of Hubble Images Allows the Visually Impaired to "T …
Title Hands-On Book of Hubble Images Allows the Visually Impaired to "Touch the Universe
Hands-On Book of Hubble Images Allows the Visually Impaired to "T …
Title Hands-On Book of Hubble Images Allows the Visually Impaired to "Touch the Universe
Hands-On Book of Hubble Images Allows the Visually Impaired to "T …
Title Hands-On Book of Hubble Images Allows the Visually Impaired to "Touch the Universe
Hands-On Book of Hubble Images Allows the Visually Impaired to "T …
Title Hands-On Book of Hubble Images Allows the Visually Impaired to "Touch the Universe
Hands-On Book of Hubble Images Allows the Visually Impaired to "T …
Title Hands-On Book of Hubble Images Allows the Visually Impaired to "Touch the Universe
Hands-On Book of Hubble Images Allows the Visually Impaired to "T …
Title Hands-On Book of Hubble Images Allows the Visually Impaired to "Touch the Universe
Hubble Captures the Heart of the Orion Nebula
Title Hubble Captures the Heart of the Orion Nebula
General Information What is an Early Release Observation? A photograph of a celestial object that demonstrates the performance of a new Hubble camera. The Hubble telescope's infrared vision is providing a dramatic new look at the beautiful Orion Nebula, which contains the nearest nursery for massive stars. For comparison, Hubble's visible-light view of the nebula is on the left. The heart of the giant Orion molecular cloud, OMC-1, is included in the relatively dim and featureless area inside the blue outline near the top of the image. Light from a few foreground stars provides only a hint of the many other stars embedded in this dense cloud. Hubble's infrared camera reveals a chaotic, active star birth region [as seen in the right-hand picture]. Here, stars and glowing interstellar dust, heated by and scattering the intense starlight, appear yellow-orange.
Pretty as a Picture
The Hubble community bids farewell to the soon-to-be decommission …
5/11/09
Description The Hubble community bids farewell to the soon-to-be decommissioned Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) onboard the Hubble Space Telescope. In tribute to Hubble's longest-running optical camera, a planetary nebula has been imaged as WFPC2's final "pretty picture." This planetary nebula is known as Kohoutek 4-55 (or K 4-55). It is one of a series of planetary nebulae that were named after their discoverer, Czech astronomer Lubos Kohoutek. A planetary nebula contains the outer layers of a red giant star that were expelled into interstellar space when the star was in the late stages of its life. Ultraviolet radiation emitted from the remaining hot core of the star ionizes the ejected gas shells, causing them to glow. In the case of K 4-55, a bright inner ring is surrounded by a bipolar structure. The entire system is then surrounded by a faint red halo, seen in the emission by nitrogen gas. This multi-shell structure is fairly uncommon in planetary nebulae. This Hubble image was taken by WFPC2 on May 4, 2009. The colors represent the makeup of the various emission clouds in the nebula: red represents nitrogen, green represents hydrogen, and blue represents oxygen. K 4-55 is nearly 4,600 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus. The WFPC2 instrument, which was installed in 1993 to replace the original Wide Field/Planetary Camera, will be removed to make room for Wide Field Camera 3 during the STS-125 mission. During the camera's amazing, nearly 16-year run, WFPC2 provided outstanding science and spectacular images of the cosmos. Some of its best-remembered images are of the Eagle Nebula pillars, Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9's impacts on Jupiter's atmosphere, and the 1995 Hubble Deep Field -- the longest and deepest Hubble optical image of its time. Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) and R. Sahai and J. Trauger (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
Date 5/11/09
Hands-On Book of Hubble Images Allows the Visually Impaired to "T …
Title Hands-On Book of Hubble Images Allows the Visually Impaired to "Touch the Universe
Hands-On Book of Hubble Images Allows the Visually Impaired to "T …
Title Hands-On Book of Hubble Images Allows the Visually Impaired to "Touch the Universe
Hubble Payload Prepared for Mission
In Kennedy's Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility a crane lowers …
3/24/09
Description In Kennedy's Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility a crane lowers the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph, or COS, toward the Orbital Replacement Unit Carrier for the STS-125 Hubble Servicing mission. Installing the COS will effectively restore spectroscopy to Hubble's scientific arsenal, and at the same time provide the telescope with unique capabilities. COS is designed to study the large-scale structure of the universe and how galaxies, stars and planets formed and evolved. It will help determine how elements needed for life such as carbon and iron first formed and how their abundances have increased over the lifetime of the universe. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett March 18, 2009
Date 3/24/09
Hubble Finds Hidden Exoplanet in Archival Data
In 19 years of observations, the Hubble Space Telescope has amass …
4/2/09
Description In 19 years of observations, the Hubble Space Telescope has amassed a huge archive of data--an archive that may contain the telltale glow of undiscovered...
Date 4/2/09
Pretty as a Picture
The Hubble community bids farewell to the soon-to-be decommission …
5/11/09
Description The Hubble community bids farewell to the soon-to-be decommissioned Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) onboard the Hubble Space Telescope. In tribute...
Date 5/11/09
New Arrival
External Tank 130 arrives in the transfer aisle of the Vehicle As …
12/5/08
Description External Tank 130 arrives in the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. ET 130, which will be used on the Hubble servicing mission, STS-125, will be moved into a high bay for checkout. Image credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller Dec. 4, 2008
Date 12/5/08
Window to the Stars
This parent and child decorated a telescope and then used it to v …
7/11/08
Description This parent and child decorated a telescope and then used it to view real constellation images captured from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. This was one of several Imagination Zone activities aimed at nurturing scientific and artistic interest and talent. </br/></br/> Image credit: NASA/Marvin Smith (WYLE) C-2008-1249
Date 7/11/08
Final Crew Inspection
STS-125 crew members take a final close look at the hardware for …
4/29/09
Description STS-125 crew members take a final close look at the hardware for the Hubble servicing mission in space shuttle Atlantis' payload bay. As a result of the upgrades and repairs, Hubble's capabilities will be expanded and its operational lifespan extended through at least 2014. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett April 28, 2009
Date 4/29/09
Back to the OPF
Space shuttle Atlantis is towed into the Orbiter Processing Facil …
11/11/08
Description Space shuttle Atlantis is towed into the Orbiter Processing Facility, or OPF, after being removed from the external tank and solid rocket booster stack. Atlantis will remain in the OPF until a new launch date is set for the STS-125 mission to service NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
Date 11/11/08
Back to the OPF
Space shuttle Atlantis is towed into the Orbiter Processing Facil …
11/11/08
Description Space shuttle Atlantis is towed into the Orbiter Processing Facility, or OPF, after being removed from the external tank and solid rocket booster stack. Atlantis will remain in the OPF until a new launch date is set for the STS-125 mission to service NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
Date 11/11/08
Back to the OPF
Space shuttle Atlantis is towed into the Orbiter Processing Facil …
11/17/08
Description Space shuttle Atlantis is towed into the Orbiter Processing Facility, or OPF, after being removed from the external tank and solid rocket booster stack. Atlantis will remain in the OPF until a new launch date is set for the STS-125 mission to service NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Photo credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis November 11, 2008
Date 11/17/08
Up, Up, and Away!
From Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, sp …
5/13/09
Description From Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Atlantis roars into the sky on a column of fire on the STS-125 mission to service NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Liftoff was on time at 2:01 p.m. EDT. Photo courtesy of Scott Andrews May 11, 2009
Date 5/13/09
Endeavour Stand Ready
The launch of space shuttle Atlantis from Launch Pad 39A at NASA' …
5/13/09
Description The launch of space shuttle Atlantis from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida is viewed from behind Launch Pad 39B. On pad 39B is space shuttle Endeavour, which can launch, if needed, for rescue of Atlantis' crew during its STS-125 mission to service NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Photo courtesy of Scott Andrews May 11, 2009
Date 5/13/09
Payload Inspection
STS-125 crew members conduct equipment and procedure familiarizat …
4/2/09
Description STS-125 crew members conduct equipment and procedure familiarization, including sharp edge inspection, in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for their mission to service NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
Date 4/2/09
Payload Inspection
STS-125 crew members conduct equipment and procedure familiarizat …
4/2/09
Description STS-125 crew members conduct equipment and procedure familiarization, including sharp edge inspection, in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for their mission to service NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
Date 4/2/09
Building the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph
Title Building the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph
Description Engineers in a clean room at Ball Aerospace in Boulder, Colo., work on one of Hubble?s instruments, the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS), in 1996. The instrument, installed in Hubble in 1997, breaks light into colors, giving scientists an important analytical tool for studying the cosmos. STIS has been used to study such objects as black holes, new stars, and massive planets forming outside our solar system.
Hubble Identifies Primeval Galaxies, Uncovers New Clues to the Un …
Title Hubble Identifies Primeval Galaxies, Uncovers New Clues to the Universe's Evolution
Hubble Sees Material Ejected from Comet Hale-Bopp
Title Hubble Sees Material Ejected from Comet Hale-Bopp
Hubble Picture Adds to Planet-Making Recipe
Title Hubble Picture Adds to Planet-Making Recipe
Hubble Picture Adds to Planet-Making Recipe
Title Hubble Picture Adds to Planet-Making Recipe
Hubble Views Home Galaxy of Record-Breaking Explosion
Title Hubble Views Home Galaxy of Record-Breaking Explosion
Hubble Views Home Galaxy of Record-Breaking Explosion
Title Hubble Views Home Galaxy of Record-Breaking Explosion
Hubble, Sloan Quadruple Number of Known Optical Einstein Rings
Title Hubble, Sloan Quadruple Number of Known Optical Einstein Rings
Hubble, Sloan Quadruple Number of Known Optical Einstein Rings
Title Hubble, Sloan Quadruple Number of Known Optical Einstein Rings
Hubble, Sloan Quadruple Number of Known Optical Einstein Rings
Title Hubble, Sloan Quadruple Number of Known Optical Einstein Rings
Hubble, Sloan Quadruple Number of Known Optical Einstein Rings
Title Hubble, Sloan Quadruple Number of Known Optical Einstein Rings
Hubble, Sloan Quadruple Number of Known Optical Einstein Rings
Title Hubble, Sloan Quadruple Number of Known Optical Einstein Rings
Hubble, Sloan Quadruple Number of Known Optical Einstein Rings
Title Hubble, Sloan Quadruple Number of Known Optical Einstein Rings
Hubble, Sloan Quadruple Number of Known Optical Einstein Rings
Title Hubble, Sloan Quadruple Number of Known Optical Einstein Rings
Hubble Restored: The Telescope's Latest Look
Title Hubble Restored: The Telescope's Latest Look
Description The revamped Hubble Space Telescope, fresh from its fourth visit by astronauts, sports new solar arrays on its outside, and new instruments inside. The new solar arrays, which collect sunlight to power the telescope, are smaller than the previous ones, but more powerful. This image was taken shortly after Hubble separated from the Columbia space shuttle in March 2002, making it the most up-to-date picture of the Hubble Space Telescope.
Hubble Floating Free
Title Hubble Floating Free
Description The Hubble Space Telescope floats against the background of Earth after a week of repair and upgrade by Space Shuttle Columbia astronauts in 2002. Hubble?s fourth servicing mission gave the telescope its first new instrument installed since the 1997 repair mission ? the Advanced Camera for Surveys. It doubled Hubble?s field of view and records information much faster than Hubble?s Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2.
Hubble Space Telescope Begins "Two-Gyro" Science Operations
Title Hubble Space Telescope Begins "Two-Gyro" Science Operations
Atlas V/Centaur
Baltimore-based Charm City Cakes crafted this artistic installmen …
7/28/09
Description Baltimore-based Charm City Cakes crafted this artistic installment especially for Goddard's Yuri's Night celebration. The Hubble Space Telescope (right) seems to peer at Jupiter in this hanging display. Though this display was inedible, Charm City Cakes -- famous as the subject of the Food Network's "Ace of Cakes" program -- provided several sheet cakes for Yuri's Night guests. Credit: NASA/Bill Hrybyk
Date 7/28/09
Young Scientist Challenge
Discovery Young Scientist Challenge participants James Kruse (lef …
11/13/08
Description Discovery Young Scientist Challenge participants James Kruse (left), Shyamal Buch and Melissa Rey, try to solve how to repair a tear in the Hubble Space Telescope's thermal blanketing. Text Credit: Marci Delaney, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Photo Credit: Discovery/Bill Fitzpatrick
Date 11/13/08
Young Scientist Challenge
The blue team begins working on how to fix the thermal blanketing …
11/13/08
Description The blue team begins working on how to fix the thermal blanketing tear on the Hubble Space Telescope. Text Credit: Marci Delaney, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Photo Credit: Discovery/Bill Fitzpatrick
Date 11/13/08
Hubble Completes Eight-Year Effort to Measure Expanding Universe
Title Hubble Completes Eight-Year Effort to Measure Expanding Universe
Working on Hubble's Main Mirror
Title Working on Hubble's Main Mirror
Description Workers study Hubble?s main, eight-foot (2.4 m) mirror. Hubble, like all telescopes, plays a kind of pinball game with light to force it to go where scientists need it to go. When light enters Hubble, it reflects off the main mirror and strikes a second, smaller mirror. The light bounces back again, this time through a two-foot (0.6 m) hole in the center of the main mirror, beyond which Hubble?s science instruments wait to capture it. In this photo, the hole is covered up.
Hubble Reveals Stellar Fireworks Accompanying Galaxy Collisions
Title Hubble Reveals Stellar Fireworks Accompanying Galaxy Collisions
General Information What is a Space Science Update? Major Hubble discoveries on NASA television ... Astronomers explain their Hubble discoveries at a press conference, called a Space Science Update (SSU), broadcast on NASA television. The SSU includes a question and answer session with members of the media. The Hubble telescope has uncovered over 1,000 bright, young star clusters bursting to life in a brief, intense, brilliant "fireworks show" at the heart of a pair of colliding galaxies. The picture on the left provides a sweeping view of the two galaxies, called the Antennae. The green shape pinpoints Hubble's view. Hubble's close-up view [right] provides a detailed look at the "fireworks" at the center of this wreck. The respective cores of the twin galaxies are the orange blobs, left and right of center, crisscrossed by filaments of dark dust. A wide band of chaotic dust stretches between the cores of the two galaxies. The sweeping spiral-like patterns, traced by bright blue star clusters, are the result of a firestorm of star birth that was triggered by the collision. Read more: * Release Text [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1997/34/text/ ]
Hubble Reveals Stellar Fireworks Accompanying Galaxy Collisions
Title Hubble Reveals Stellar Fireworks Accompanying Galaxy Collisions
General Information What is a Space Science Update? Major Hubble discoveries on NASA television ... Astronomers explain their Hubble discoveries at a press conference, called a Space Science Update (SSU), broadcast on NASA television. The SSU includes a question and answer session with members of the media. The Hubble telescope has uncovered over 1,000 bright, young star clusters bursting to life in a brief, intense, brilliant "fireworks show" at the heart of a pair of colliding galaxies. The picture on the left provides a sweeping view of the two galaxies, called the Antennae. The green shape pinpoints Hubble's view. Hubble's close-up view [right] provides a detailed look at the "fireworks" at the center of this wreck. The respective cores of the twin galaxies are the orange blobs, left and right of center, crisscrossed by filaments of dark dust. A wide band of chaotic dust stretches between the cores of the two galaxies. The sweeping spiral-like patterns, traced by bright blue star clusters, are the result of a firestorm of star birth that was triggered by the collision. Read more: * Release Text [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1997/34/text/ ]
Hubble Reveals Stellar Fireworks Accompanying Galaxy Collisions
Title Hubble Reveals Stellar Fireworks Accompanying Galaxy Collisions
General Information What is a Space Science Update? Major Hubble discoveries on NASA television ... Astronomers explain their Hubble discoveries at a press conference, called a Space Science Update (SSU), broadcast on NASA television. The SSU includes a question and answer session with members of the media. The Hubble telescope has uncovered over 1,000 bright, young star clusters bursting to life in a brief, intense, brilliant "fireworks show" at the heart of a pair of colliding galaxies. The picture on the left provides a sweeping view of the two galaxies, called the Antennae. The green shape pinpoints Hubble's view. Hubble's close-up view [right] provides a detailed look at the "fireworks" at the center of this wreck. The respective cores of the twin galaxies are the orange blobs, left and right of center, crisscrossed by filaments of dark dust. A wide band of chaotic dust stretches between the cores of the two galaxies. The sweeping spiral-like patterns, traced by bright blue star clusters, are the result of a firestorm of star birth that was triggered by the collision. Read more: * Release Text [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1997/34/text/ ]
Hubble Reveals Stellar Fireworks Accompanying Galaxy Collisions
Title Hubble Reveals Stellar Fireworks Accompanying Galaxy Collisions
General Information What is a Space Science Update? Major Hubble discoveries on NASA television ... Astronomers explain their Hubble discoveries at a press conference, called a Space Science Update (SSU), broadcast on NASA television. The SSU includes a question and answer session with members of the media. The Hubble telescope has uncovered over 1,000 bright, young star clusters bursting to life in a brief, intense, brilliant "fireworks show" at the heart of a pair of colliding galaxies. The picture on the left provides a sweeping view of the two galaxies, called the Antennae. The green shape pinpoints Hubble's view. Hubble's close-up view [right] provides a detailed look at the "fireworks" at the center of this wreck. The respective cores of the twin galaxies are the orange blobs, left and right of center, crisscrossed by filaments of dark dust. A wide band of chaotic dust stretches between the cores of the two galaxies. The sweeping spiral-like patterns, traced by bright blue star clusters, are the result of a firestorm of star birth that was triggered by the collision. Read more: * Release Text [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1997/34/text/ ]
Hubble Reveals Stellar Fireworks Accompanying Galaxy Collisions
Title Hubble Reveals Stellar Fireworks Accompanying Galaxy Collisions
General Information What is a Space Science Update? Major Hubble discoveries on NASA television ... Astronomers explain their Hubble discoveries at a press conference, called a Space Science Update (SSU), broadcast on NASA television. The SSU includes a question and answer session with members of the media. The Hubble telescope has uncovered over 1,000 bright, young star clusters bursting to life in a brief, intense, brilliant "fireworks show" at the heart of a pair of colliding galaxies. The picture on the left provides a sweeping view of the two galaxies, called the Antennae. The green shape pinpoints Hubble's view. Hubble's close-up view [right] provides a detailed look at the "fireworks" at the center of this wreck. The respective cores of the twin galaxies are the orange blobs, left and right of center, crisscrossed by filaments of dark dust. A wide band of chaotic dust stretches between the cores of the two galaxies. The sweeping spiral-like patterns, traced by bright blue star clusters, are the result of a firestorm of star birth that was triggered by the collision. Read more: * Release Text [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1997/34/text/ ]
Hubble Reveals Stellar Fireworks Accompanying Galaxy Collisions
Title Hubble Reveals Stellar Fireworks Accompanying Galaxy Collisions
General Information What is a Space Science Update? Major Hubble discoveries on NASA television ... Astronomers explain their Hubble discoveries at a press conference, called a Space Science Update (SSU), broadcast on NASA television. The SSU includes a question and answer session with members of the media. The Hubble telescope has uncovered over 1,000 bright, young star clusters bursting to life in a brief, intense, brilliant "fireworks show" at the heart of a pair of colliding galaxies. The picture on the left provides a sweeping view of the two galaxies, called the Antennae. The green shape pinpoints Hubble's view. Hubble's close-up view [right] provides a detailed look at the "fireworks" at the center of this wreck. The respective cores of the twin galaxies are the orange blobs, left and right of center, crisscrossed by filaments of dark dust. A wide band of chaotic dust stretches between the cores of the two galaxies. The sweeping spiral-like patterns, traced by bright blue star clusters, are the result of a firestorm of star birth that was triggered by the collision. Read more: * Release Text [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1997/34/text/ ]
Hubble Reveals Stellar Fireworks Accompanying Galaxy Collisions
Title Hubble Reveals Stellar Fireworks Accompanying Galaxy Collisions
General Information What is a Space Science Update? Major Hubble discoveries on NASA television ... Astronomers explain their Hubble discoveries at a press conference, called a Space Science Update (SSU), broadcast on NASA television. The SSU includes a question and answer session with members of the media. The Hubble telescope has uncovered over 1,000 bright, young star clusters bursting to life in a brief, intense, brilliant "fireworks show" at the heart of a pair of colliding galaxies. The picture on the left provides a sweeping view of the two galaxies, called the Antennae. The green shape pinpoints Hubble's view. Hubble's close-up view [right] provides a detailed look at the "fireworks" at the center of this wreck. The respective cores of the twin galaxies are the orange blobs, left and right of center, crisscrossed by filaments of dark dust. A wide band of chaotic dust stretches between the cores of the two galaxies. The sweeping spiral-like patterns, traced by bright blue star clusters, are the result of a firestorm of star birth that was triggered by the collision. Read more: * Release Text [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1997/34/text/ ]
Hubble Reveals Stellar Fireworks Accompanying Galaxy Collisions
Title Hubble Reveals Stellar Fireworks Accompanying Galaxy Collisions
General Information What is a Space Science Update? Major Hubble discoveries on NASA television ... Astronomers explain their Hubble discoveries at a press conference, called a Space Science Update (SSU), broadcast on NASA television. The SSU includes a question and answer session with members of the media. The Hubble telescope has uncovered over 1,000 bright, young star clusters bursting to life in a brief, intense, brilliant "fireworks show" at the heart of a pair of colliding galaxies. The picture on the left provides a sweeping view of the two galaxies, called the Antennae. The green shape pinpoints Hubble's view. Hubble's close-up view [right] provides a detailed look at the "fireworks" at the center of this wreck. The respective cores of the twin galaxies are the orange blobs, left and right of center, crisscrossed by filaments of dark dust. A wide band of chaotic dust stretches between the cores of the two galaxies. The sweeping spiral-like patterns, traced by bright blue star clusters, are the result of a firestorm of star birth that was triggered by the collision. Read more: * Release Text [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1997/34/text/ ]
Hubble Reveals Stellar Fireworks Accompanying Galaxy Collisions
Title Hubble Reveals Stellar Fireworks Accompanying Galaxy Collisions
General Information What is a Space Science Update? Major Hubble discoveries on NASA television ... Astronomers explain their Hubble discoveries at a press conference, called a Space Science Update (SSU), broadcast on NASA television. The SSU includes a question and answer session with members of the media. The Hubble telescope has uncovered over 1,000 bright, young star clusters bursting to life in a brief, intense, brilliant "fireworks show" at the heart of a pair of colliding galaxies. The picture on the left provides a sweeping view of the two galaxies, called the Antennae. The green shape pinpoints Hubble's view. Hubble's close-up view [right] provides a detailed look at the "fireworks" at the center of this wreck. The respective cores of the twin galaxies are the orange blobs, left and right of center, crisscrossed by filaments of dark dust. A wide band of chaotic dust stretches between the cores of the two galaxies. The sweeping spiral-like patterns, traced by bright blue star clusters, are the result of a firestorm of star birth that was triggered by the collision. Read more: * Release Text [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1997/34/text/ ]
Hubble Reveals Stellar Fireworks Accompanying Galaxy Collisions
Title Hubble Reveals Stellar Fireworks Accompanying Galaxy Collisions
General Information What is a Space Science Update? Major Hubble discoveries on NASA television ... Astronomers explain their Hubble discoveries at a press conference, called a Space Science Update (SSU), broadcast on NASA television. The SSU includes a question and answer session with members of the media. The Hubble telescope has uncovered over 1,000 bright, young star clusters bursting to life in a brief, intense, brilliant "fireworks show" at the heart of a pair of colliding galaxies. The picture on the left provides a sweeping view of the two galaxies, called the Antennae. The green shape pinpoints Hubble's view. Hubble's close-up view [right] provides a detailed look at the "fireworks" at the center of this wreck. The respective cores of the twin galaxies are the orange blobs, left and right of center, crisscrossed by filaments of dark dust. A wide band of chaotic dust stretches between the cores of the two galaxies. The sweeping spiral-like patterns, traced by bright blue star clusters, are the result of a firestorm of star birth that was triggered by the collision. Read more: * Release Text [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1997/34/text/ ]
Hubble Reveals Stellar Fireworks Accompanying Galaxy Collisions
Title Hubble Reveals Stellar Fireworks Accompanying Galaxy Collisions
General Information What is a Space Science Update? Major Hubble discoveries on NASA television ... Astronomers explain their Hubble discoveries at a press conference, called a Space Science Update (SSU), broadcast on NASA television. The SSU includes a question and answer session with members of the media. The Hubble telescope has uncovered over 1,000 bright, young star clusters bursting to life in a brief, intense, brilliant "fireworks show" at the heart of a pair of colliding galaxies. The picture on the left provides a sweeping view of the two galaxies, called the Antennae. The green shape pinpoints Hubble's view. Hubble's close-up view [right] provides a detailed look at the "fireworks" at the center of this wreck. The respective cores of the twin galaxies are the orange blobs, left and right of center, crisscrossed by filaments of dark dust. A wide band of chaotic dust stretches between the cores of the two galaxies. The sweeping spiral-like patterns, traced by bright blue star clusters, are the result of a firestorm of star birth that was triggered by the collision. Read more: * Release Text [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1997/34/text/ ]
Hubble Reveals Stellar Fireworks Accompanying Galaxy Collisions
Title Hubble Reveals Stellar Fireworks Accompanying Galaxy Collisions
General Information What is a Space Science Update? Major Hubble discoveries on NASA television ... Astronomers explain their Hubble discoveries at a press conference, called a Space Science Update (SSU), broadcast on NASA television. The SSU includes a question and answer session with members of the media. The Hubble telescope has uncovered over 1,000 bright, young star clusters bursting to life in a brief, intense, brilliant "fireworks show" at the heart of a pair of colliding galaxies. The picture on the left provides a sweeping view of the two galaxies, called the Antennae. The green shape pinpoints Hubble's view. Hubble's close-up view [right] provides a detailed look at the "fireworks" at the center of this wreck. The respective cores of the twin galaxies are the orange blobs, left and right of center, crisscrossed by filaments of dark dust. A wide band of chaotic dust stretches between the cores of the two galaxies. The sweeping spiral-like patterns, traced by bright blue star clusters, are the result of a firestorm of star birth that was triggered by the collision. Read more: * Release Text [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1997/34/text/ ]
Hubble Reveals Stellar Fireworks Accompanying Galaxy Collisions
Title Hubble Reveals Stellar Fireworks Accompanying Galaxy Collisions
General Information What is a Space Science Update? Major Hubble discoveries on NASA television ... Astronomers explain their Hubble discoveries at a press conference, called a Space Science Update (SSU), broadcast on NASA television. The SSU includes a question and answer session with members of the media. The Hubble telescope has uncovered over 1,000 bright, young star clusters bursting to life in a brief, intense, brilliant "fireworks show" at the heart of a pair of colliding galaxies. The picture on the left provides a sweeping view of the two galaxies, called the Antennae. The green shape pinpoints Hubble's view. Hubble's close-up view [right] provides a detailed look at the "fireworks" at the center of this wreck. The respective cores of the twin galaxies are the orange blobs, left and right of center, crisscrossed by filaments of dark dust. A wide band of chaotic dust stretches between the cores of the two galaxies. The sweeping spiral-like patterns, traced by bright blue star clusters, are the result of a firestorm of star birth that was triggered by the collision. Read more: * Release Text [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1997/34/text/ ]
Starry Bulges Yield Secrets to Galaxy Growth
Title Starry Bulges Yield Secrets to Galaxy Growth
General Information What is a Space Science Update? Major Hubble discoveries on NASA television ... Astronomers explain their Hubble discoveries at a press conference, called a Space Science Update (SSU), broadcast on NASA television. The SSU includes a question and answer session with members of the media. The Hubble telescope is uncovering important new clues to a galaxy's birth and growth by peering into its heart ? a bulge of millions of stars resembling a bulbous center yolk in the middle of a disk of egg white. Astronomers have combined information from the Hubble telescope's visible- and infrared-light cameras to show the heart of four spiral galaxies peppered with ancient populations of stars. The top row of pictures, taken by a ground-based telescope, represents complete views of each galaxy. The blue boxes outline the regions observed by the Hubble telescope. The bottom row represents composite pictures from Hubble's visible- and infrared-light cameras. Astronomers combined views from both cameras to obtain the true ages of the stars surrounding each galaxy's bulge. The Hubble telescope's sharper resolution allows astronomers to study the intricate structure of a galaxy's central region. Read more: * Release Text [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1999/34/text/ ]
Hubble Shoots the Moon
Title Hubble Shoots the Moon
Starry Bulges Yield Secrets to Galaxy Growth
Title Starry Bulges Yield Secrets to Galaxy Growth
General Information What is a Space Science Update? Major Hubble discoveries on NASA television ... Astronomers explain their Hubble discoveries at a press conference, called a Space Science Update (SSU), broadcast on NASA television. The SSU includes a question and answer session with members of the media. The Hubble telescope is uncovering important new clues to a galaxy's birth and growth by peering into its heart ? a bulge of millions of stars resembling a bulbous center yolk in the middle of a disk of egg white. Astronomers have combined information from the Hubble telescope's visible- and infrared-light cameras to show the heart of four spiral galaxies peppered with ancient populations of stars. The top row of pictures, taken by a ground-based telescope, represents complete views of each galaxy. The blue boxes outline the regions observed by the Hubble telescope. The bottom row represents composite pictures from Hubble's visible- and infrared-light cameras. Astronomers combined views from both cameras to obtain the true ages of the stars surrounding each galaxy's bulge. The Hubble telescope's sharper resolution allows astronomers to study the intricate structure of a galaxy's central region. Read more: * Release Text [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1999/34/text/ ]
Starry Bulges Yield Secrets to Galaxy Growth
Title Starry Bulges Yield Secrets to Galaxy Growth
General Information What is a Space Science Update? Major Hubble discoveries on NASA television ... Astronomers explain their Hubble discoveries at a press conference, called a Space Science Update (SSU), broadcast on NASA television. The SSU includes a question and answer session with members of the media. The Hubble telescope is uncovering important new clues to a galaxy's birth and growth by peering into its heart ? a bulge of millions of stars resembling a bulbous center yolk in the middle of a disk of egg white. Astronomers have combined information from the Hubble telescope's visible- and infrared-light cameras to show the heart of four spiral galaxies peppered with ancient populations of stars. The top row of pictures, taken by a ground-based telescope, represents complete views of each galaxy. The blue boxes outline the regions observed by the Hubble telescope. The bottom row represents composite pictures from Hubble's visible- and infrared-light cameras. Astronomers combined views from both cameras to obtain the true ages of the stars surrounding each galaxy's bulge. The Hubble telescope's sharper resolution allows astronomers to study the intricate structure of a galaxy's central region. Read more: * Release Text [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1999/34/text/ ]
Starry Bulges Yield Secrets to Galaxy Growth
Title Starry Bulges Yield Secrets to Galaxy Growth
General Information What is a Space Science Update? Major Hubble discoveries on NASA television ... Astronomers explain their Hubble discoveries at a press conference, called a Space Science Update (SSU), broadcast on NASA television. The SSU includes a question and answer session with members of the media. The Hubble telescope is uncovering important new clues to a galaxy's birth and growth by peering into its heart ? a bulge of millions of stars resembling a bulbous center yolk in the middle of a disk of egg white. Astronomers have combined information from the Hubble telescope's visible- and infrared-light cameras to show the heart of four spiral galaxies peppered with ancient populations of stars. The top row of pictures, taken by a ground-based telescope, represents complete views of each galaxy. The blue boxes outline the regions observed by the Hubble telescope. The bottom row represents composite pictures from Hubble's visible- and infrared-light cameras. Astronomers combined views from both cameras to obtain the true ages of the stars surrounding each galaxy's bulge. The Hubble telescope's sharper resolution allows astronomers to study the intricate structure of a galaxy's central region. Read more: * Release Text [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1999/34/text/ ]
Making a Great Observatories Composite
Title Making a Great Observatories Composite
Description This video shows how a Hubble image and a Spitzer image of the Orion Nebula were combined to create a new, multi-wavelength image. Hubble ultraviolet and visible-light data are mapped to blue and green. Spitzer infrared data are mapped to orange and red. The combined image comes alive with new colors.
Hubble Resolves Quasars' Host Galaxies
Title Hubble Resolves Quasars' Host Galaxies
Panoramic Hubble Picture Surveys Star Birth, Proto-Planetary Syst …
Title Panoramic Hubble Picture Surveys Star Birth, Proto-Planetary Systems in the Great Orion Nebula
Hubble Finds Cloudy, Cold Weather Conditions for Mars-Bound Space …
Title Hubble Finds Cloudy, Cold Weather Conditions for Mars-Bound Spacecraft
Hubble Space Telescope Finds Stellar Graveyard
Title Hubble Space Telescope Finds Stellar Graveyard
Panoramic Hubble Picture Surveys Star Birth, Proto-Planetary Syst …
Title Panoramic Hubble Picture Surveys Star Birth, Proto-Planetary Systems in the Great Orion Nebula
Panoramic Hubble Picture Surveys Star Birth, Proto-Planetary Syst …
Title Panoramic Hubble Picture Surveys Star Birth, Proto-Planetary Systems in the Great Orion Nebula
Panoramic Hubble Picture Surveys Star Birth, Proto-Planetary Syst …
Title Panoramic Hubble Picture Surveys Star Birth, Proto-Planetary Systems in the Great Orion Nebula
Panoramic Hubble Picture Surveys Star Birth, Proto-Planetary Syst …
Title Panoramic Hubble Picture Surveys Star Birth, Proto-Planetary Systems in the Great Orion Nebula
Panoramic Hubble Picture Surveys Star Birth, Proto-Planetary Syst …
Title Panoramic Hubble Picture Surveys Star Birth, Proto-Planetary Systems in the Great Orion Nebula
Hubble Space Telescope on Track for Measuring the Expansion Rate …
Title Hubble Space Telescope on Track for Measuring the Expansion Rate of the Universe
Hubble Uncovers Dust Disk around a Massive Black Hole
Title Hubble Uncovers Dust Disk around a Massive Black Hole
Hubble Uncovers Dust Disk around a Massive Black Hole
Title Hubble Uncovers Dust Disk around a Massive Black Hole
Natural Lenses in Space Stretch Hubble's View of the Universe
Title Natural Lenses in Space Stretch Hubble's View of the Universe
Natural Lenses in Space Stretch Hubble's View of the Universe
Title Natural Lenses in Space Stretch Hubble's View of the Universe
Hands-On Book of Hubble Images Allows the Visually Impaired to "T …
Title Hands-On Book of Hubble Images Allows the Visually Impaired to "Touch the Universe
Hands-On Book of Hubble Images Allows the Visually Impaired to "T …
Title Hands-On Book of Hubble Images Allows the Visually Impaired to "Touch the Universe
Hands-On Book of Hubble Images Allows the Visually Impaired to "T …
Title Hands-On Book of Hubble Images Allows the Visually Impaired to "Touch the Universe
Hands-On Book of Hubble Images Allows the Visually Impaired to "T …
Title Hands-On Book of Hubble Images Allows the Visually Impaired to "Touch the Universe
Hubble 2004
Title Hubble 2004
Description The second in the Hubble yearbook series discusses such discoveries as an evaporating planet, the oldest known planet in the galaxy, and a far-distant star cluster that formed in the early universe.
Two NASA Space Shuttles on Two Launch Pads for Final Time
Following rollout of space shuttle Endeavour from the Vehicle Ass …
4/18/09
Description Following rollout of space shuttle Endeavour from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B on April 17, two shuttles were on the launch pads at the same time at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Shuttle Atlantis already had been moved to Launch Pad 39A. Endeavour will stand by at pad B in the unlikely event that a rescue mission is necessary during Atlantis' upcoming mission to upgrade NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Atlantis is targeted to launch May 12. With the space shuttle fleet set for retirement in 2010, this is expected to be the final time two shuttles will be on launch pads at the same time. Video includes aerials of the shuttles on April 17, and sunrise shots and additional aerials on April 18.
Date 4/18/09
Two NASA Space Shuttles on Two Launch Pads for Final Time
Following rollout of space shuttle Endeavour from the Vehicle Ass …
4/18/09
Description Following rollout of space shuttle Endeavour from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B on April 17, two shuttles were on the launch pads at the same time at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Shuttle Atlantis already had been moved to Launch Pad 39A. Endeavour will stand by at pad B in the unlikely event that a rescue mission is necessary during Atlantis' upcoming mission to upgrade NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Atlantis is targeted to launch May 12. With the space shuttle fleet set for retirement in 2010, this is expected to be the final time two shuttles will be on launch pads at the same time. Video includes aerials of the shuttles on April 17, and sunrise shots and additional aerials on April 18.
Date 4/18/09
Hubble
The Hubble Space Telescope stands tall in the cargo bay of the sp …
5/14/09
Description The Hubble Space Telescope stands tall in the cargo bay of the space shuttle Atlantis following its capture on Wednesday, May 13, 2009. The STS-125 mission...
Date 5/14/09
The Final Mission to Hubble
The STS-125 crew aboard space shuttle Atlantis captured this stil …
5/22/09
Description The STS-125 crew aboard space shuttle Atlantis captured this still image of the Hubble Space Telescope as the two spacecraft begin their relative separation...
Date 5/22/09
X" Marks the Spot: Hubble Sees the Glow of Star Formation in a Ne …
Title X" Marks the Spot: Hubble Sees the Glow of Star Formation in a Neighbor Galaxy
General Information What is Hubble Heritage? A monthly showcase of new and archival Hubble images. Go to the Heritage site. Back to top [ #top ]
Hubble Witnesses Comet Crash
PIA02122
Sol (our sun)
Hubble Space Telescope
Title Hubble Witnesses Comet Crash
Original Caption Released with Image "" Quick Time Movie for PIA02122 Hubble Witnesses Comet Crash Figure 1: Hubble Witnesses Comet Crash These pictures of comet Tempel 1 were taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. They show the comet before and after it ran over NASA's Deep Impact probe.
Hubble Docked with Discovery
Title Hubble Docked with Discovery
Description The Hubble Space Telescope rests in the Space Shuttle Discovery?s cargo bay during the third repair mission in December 1999. Hubble must attach to the shuttle for astronauts to perform repairs. Discovery is the shuttle that originally carried Hubble into orbit in 1990. The telescope stretches five stories tall, and the tubular part of its body is 14 feet (4.2 m) across. Its school bus-size bulk completely filled Discovery?s cargo bay during the trip from Earth to space.
Hubble Monitors Weather on Neighboring Planets
Title Hubble Monitors Weather on Neighboring Planets
Findings from Hubble Deep Field Hone in on Distant Galaxies
Title Findings from Hubble Deep Field Hone in on Distant Galaxies
The Universe "Down Under" is the Latest Target for Hubble's Lates …
Title The Universe "Down Under" is the Latest Target for Hubble's Latest Deep-View
Hubble Space Telescope Begins "Two-Gyro" Science Operations
Title Hubble Space Telescope Begins "Two-Gyro" Science Operations
Hubble Space Telescope Begins "Two-Gyro" Science Operations
Title Hubble Space Telescope Begins "Two-Gyro" Science Operations
Hubble Fellowship Program Selects Talented Young Astronomers for …
Title Hubble Fellowship Program Selects Talented Young Astronomers for Studying Hubble Space Telescope Discoveries
Astronomers Unveil Colorful Hubble Photo Gallery
Title Astronomers Unveil Colorful Hubble Photo Gallery
General Information What is Hubble Heritage? A monthly showcase of new and archival Hubble images. Go to the Heritage site. A vibrant celestial photo album of some of NASA Hubble Space Telescope's most stunning views of the universe is being unveiled today on the Internet. Called the Hubble Heritage Program, this technicolor gallery is being assembled by a team of astronomers at Hubble's science operations center, the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Md. The four images released today are (top row, left to right) spiral galaxy NGC 7742, Saturn, and (bottom row, left to right) the Sagittarius Star Cloud and the Bubble Nebula. Read more: * Release Text [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1998/28/text/ ]
Hubble Heritage Project's First Anniversary
Title Hubble Heritage Project's First Anniversary
General Information What is Hubble Heritage? A monthly showcase of new and archival Hubble images. Go to the Heritage site. To mark the first anniversary of the Hubble Heritage Project, we present four Hubble telescope images of nebulae surrounding stars in our own Milky Way Galaxy. Two of these visible-light pictures show interstellar gas and dust around young stars at the beginning of their lives, and two more show gas ejected from old stars that are nearing the end of theirs. Remarkably, in spite of the completely different evolutionary stages, the nebulae have more striking features in common, including evidence of diametrically opposed gas ejections from both the young and old stars.
A Week of Work
Astronaut John Grunsfeld performs work on the Hubble Space Telesc …
5/15/09
Description Astronaut John Grunsfeld performs work on the Hubble Space Telescope as the first of five STS-125 spacewalks kicks off a week's worth of work on the orbiting...
Date 5/15/09
A Parting Look
The STS-125 crew took a final look at the Hubble Space Telescope …
5/20/09
Description The STS-125 crew took a final look at the Hubble Space Telescope on May 19, 2009, prior to the telescopes's release following a full week's work. Atlantis'...
Date 5/20/09
Hubble Image of He2-90
This mysterious object that seems to defy classification was foun …
8/31/00
Date 8/31/00
Description This mysterious object that seems to defy classification was found by astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The object has been classified as a planetary nebula, the glowing remains of a Sun-like star in its death throes, although the Hubble observations suggest it may not fit that classification, either. A quick glance at the Hubble picture at top shows that the object, He2-90, looks like a young, dust-enshrouded star with narrow jets of material resembling strings of beads streaming from each side. The other light streaks running diagonally from He2-90 are artificial effects of the telescope's optical system. Each jet possesses at least six bright clumps of gas speeding along at rates estimated to be at least 600,000 kilometers an hour (375,000 miles an hour). These gaseous clumps are ejected into space about every 100 years and may be caused by periodic instabilities in He2-90's accretion disk. Jets from very young stars behave in a similar way. Deep images taken from a terrestrial observatory show each jet extending at least 100,000 astronomical units (one astronomical unit equals the Earth-Sun distance, 150 million kilometers or 93 million miles). The Hubble astronomers, Dr. Raghvendra Sahai of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., and Lars-Ake Nyman of the European Southern Observatory, Chile, and Onsala Space Observatory, Sweden, suspect that He2-9 is a pair of aging stars masquerading as a single youngster. One member of the duo is a bloated red giant star shedding matter from its outer layers. This matter is then captured by gravity in a rotating accretion disk around a compact partner, most likely a young white dwarf (the collapsed remnant of a Sun-like star). The stars are not visible in the Hubble images because they're obscured by a disk of dust. The jets' relatively modest speed implies that one member of the duo is a white dwarf. An accretion disk needs gravity to form. For gravity to create He2-90's disk, the two stars must reside at a cozy distance from each other: within about 10 astronomical units. Astronomers are uncertain about the details, but they believe that magnetic fields associated with accretion disks produce and constrict the pencil-thin jets seen in the Hubble image. The close-up Hubble photo at bottom shows a dark, flaring, disk-like structure (off-center) bisecting the bright light from the object. The disk is seen edge-on. Although this disk is too large to be an accretion disk, it may provide indirect proof of the disk's existence. Most theories for producing jets require the presence of an accretion disk. The round, white objects at the lower left and upper right corners are two bright clumps of gas in the jets, which are close to the companion star. The astronomers traced the jets to within 1,000 astronomical units of the central obscured star. The star ejected this material about 30 years ago. This oddball star was discovered during an imaging survey of planetary nebulae. The images were taken Sept. 28, 1999 with Hubble's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2. The images and results appear in the Aug. 1 issue of the Astrophysical Journal Letters. JPL designed and built the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2. The Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md, manages space operations for the Hubble Space Telescope for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. The Institute is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., for NASA, under contract with NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. The Hubble Space Telescope is a project of international cooperation between NASA and the European Space Agency. #####
Hubble Identifies Primeval Galaxies, Uncovers New Clues to the Un …
Title Hubble Identifies Primeval Galaxies, Uncovers New Clues to the Universe's Evolution
Hubble Identifies Primeval Galaxies, Uncovers New Clues to the Un …
Title Hubble Identifies Primeval Galaxies, Uncovers New Clues to the Universe's Evolution
Hubble Identifies Primeval Galaxies, Uncovers New Clues to the Un …
Title Hubble Identifies Primeval Galaxies, Uncovers New Clues to the Universe's Evolution
Hubble Identifies Primeval Galaxies, Uncovers New Clues to the Un …
Title Hubble Identifies Primeval Galaxies, Uncovers New Clues to the Universe's Evolution
Hubble Identifies Primeval Galaxies, Uncovers New Clues to the Un …
Title Hubble Identifies Primeval Galaxies, Uncovers New Clues to the Universe's Evolution
Hubble Identifies Primeval Galaxies, Uncovers New Clues to the Un …
Title Hubble Identifies Primeval Galaxies, Uncovers New Clues to the Universe's Evolution
Hubble Identifies Primeval Galaxies, Uncovers New Clues to the Un …
Title Hubble Identifies Primeval Galaxies, Uncovers New Clues to the Universe's Evolution
Hubble Identifies Primeval Galaxies, Uncovers New Clues to the Un …
Title Hubble Identifies Primeval Galaxies, Uncovers New Clues to the Universe's Evolution
Hubble Identifies Primeval Galaxies, Uncovers New Clues to the Un …
Title Hubble Identifies Primeval Galaxies, Uncovers New Clues to the Universe's Evolution
Hubble Identifies Primeval Galaxies, Uncovers New Clues to the Un …
Title Hubble Identifies Primeval Galaxies, Uncovers New Clues to the Universe's Evolution
Hubble Identifies Primeval Galaxies, Uncovers New Clues to the Un …
Title Hubble Identifies Primeval Galaxies, Uncovers New Clues to the Universe's Evolution
Hubble Image of Comet Shoemaker-Levy First Fragment Impact With J …
Title Hubble Image of Comet Shoemaker-Levy First Fragment Impact With Jupiter
Hubble Observes the Fire and Fury of a Stellar Birth
Title Hubble Observes the Fire and Fury of a Stellar Birth
Hubble Reveals Surface of Pluto for First Time
Title Hubble Reveals Surface of Pluto for First Time
Hubble Finds Thousands of Gaseous Fragments Surrounding a Dying S …
Title Hubble Finds Thousands of Gaseous Fragments Surrounding a Dying Star
Hubble Observes the Fire and Fury of a Stellar Birth
Title Hubble Observes the Fire and Fury of a Stellar Birth
Hubble Views Saturn Ring-Plane Crossing
Title Hubble Views Saturn Ring-Plane Crossing
Hubble Observes the Fire and Fury of a Stellar Birth
Title Hubble Observes the Fire and Fury of a Stellar Birth
Hubble Tracks the Fading Optical Counterpart of a Gamma-Ray Burst
Title Hubble Tracks the Fading Optical Counterpart of a Gamma-Ray Burst
Hubble Photo Gallery of Jupiter's Galilean Satellites
Title Hubble Photo Gallery of Jupiter's Galilean Satellites
Hubble Photo Gallery of Jupiter's Galilean Satellites
Title Hubble Photo Gallery of Jupiter's Galilean Satellites
Hubble Finds a Bare Black Hole Pouring Out Light
Title Hubble Finds a Bare Black Hole Pouring Out Light
Hubble Provides the First Images of Saturn's Aurorae
Title Hubble Provides the First Images of Saturn's Aurorae
Hubble Sees Thin Disk Around the Star Beta Pictoris
Title Hubble Sees Thin Disk Around the Star Beta Pictoris
Hubble Provides the First Images of Saturn's Aurorae
Title Hubble Provides the First Images of Saturn's Aurorae
Hubble Sees Material Ejected from Comet Hale-Bopp
Title Hubble Sees Material Ejected from Comet Hale-Bopp
Hubble Views the Galileo Probe Entry Site on Jupiter
Title Hubble Views the Galileo Probe Entry Site on Jupiter
Hubble Watches Uranus
Title Hubble Watches Uranus
Hubble Catches Up with a Blue Straggler Star
Title Hubble Catches Up with a Blue Straggler Star
Hubble Watches Uranus
Title Hubble Watches Uranus
Hubble Captures the Shrouds of Dying Stars
Title Hubble Captures the Shrouds of Dying Stars
Hubble Captures the Shrouds of Dying Stars
Title Hubble Captures the Shrouds of Dying Stars
Hubble Captures the Shrouds of Dying Stars
Title Hubble Captures the Shrouds of Dying Stars
Hubble Tracks the Fading Optical Counterpart of a Gamma-Ray Burst
Title Hubble Tracks the Fading Optical Counterpart of a Gamma-Ray Burst
Hubble Provides a Moving Look at Neptune's Stormy Disposition
Title Hubble Provides a Moving Look at Neptune's Stormy Disposition
Hubble Provides a Moving Look at Neptune's Stormy Disposition
Title Hubble Provides a Moving Look at Neptune's Stormy Disposition
Hubble Provides a Moving Look at Neptune's Stormy Disposition
Title Hubble Provides a Moving Look at Neptune's Stormy Disposition
Hubble Provides a Moving Look at Neptune's Stormy Disposition
Title Hubble Provides a Moving Look at Neptune's Stormy Disposition
Hubble Watches Uranus
Title Hubble Watches Uranus
Hubble Watches Uranus
Title Hubble Watches Uranus
Hubble's Infrared Galaxy Gallery
Title Hubble's Infrared Galaxy Gallery
Hubble's Infrared Galaxy Gallery
Title Hubble's Infrared Galaxy Gallery
Hubble's Infrared Galaxy Gallery
Title Hubble's Infrared Galaxy Gallery
Hubble's Infrared Galaxy Gallery
Title Hubble's Infrared Galaxy Gallery
Hubble's Infrared Galaxy Gallery
Title Hubble's Infrared Galaxy Gallery
Hubble's Infrared Galaxy Gallery
Title Hubble's Infrared Galaxy Gallery
Hubble Captures a Grand View of the Birth of "Hefty" Stars
Title Hubble Captures a Grand View of the Birth of "Hefty" Stars
Hubble Captures the Shrouds of Dying Stars
Title Hubble Captures the Shrouds of Dying Stars
Hubble Captures the Shrouds of Dying Stars
Title Hubble Captures the Shrouds of Dying Stars
Turtle in Space Describes New Hubble Image
Title Turtle in Space Describes New Hubble Image
Turtle in Space Describes New Hubble Image
Title Turtle in Space Describes New Hubble Image
Hubble Clicks Images of Io Sweeping across Jupiter
Title Hubble Clicks Images of Io Sweeping across Jupiter
Hubble Clicks Images of Io Sweeping across Jupiter
Title Hubble Clicks Images of Io Sweeping across Jupiter
Hubble Clicks Images of Io Sweeping across Jupiter
Title Hubble Clicks Images of Io Sweeping across Jupiter
Hubble Captures a Grand View of the Birth of "Hefty" Stars
Title Hubble Captures a Grand View of the Birth of "Hefty" Stars
Hubble Captures a Grand View of the Birth of "Hefty" Stars
Title Hubble Captures a Grand View of the Birth of "Hefty" Stars
Hubble Finds Young Stars in Cosmic Dance
Title Hubble Finds Young Stars in Cosmic Dance
Hubble Spies Brown Dwarfs in Nearby Stellar Nursery
Title Hubble Spies Brown Dwarfs in Nearby Stellar Nursery
Hubble Spies Brown Dwarfs in Nearby Stellar Nursery
Title Hubble Spies Brown Dwarfs in Nearby Stellar Nursery
Hubble Identifies Primeval Galaxies, Uncovers New Clues to the Un …
Title Hubble Identifies Primeval Galaxies, Uncovers New Clues to the Universe's Evolution
Double Shuttles
Space shuttle Atlantis on Launch Pad 39A (left) is accompanied by …
4/20/09
Description Space shuttle Atlantis on Launch Pad 39A (left) is accompanied by space shuttle Endeavour after Endeavour's rollout to Launch Pad 39B. This is expected to be the final time two shuttles will be on launch pads at the same time. Endeavour will stand by at pad B in the unlikely event that a rescue mission is necessary during Atlantis' upcoming mission to upgrade NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Photo credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis April 17, 2009
Date 4/20/09
Awaiting Liftoff
Space shuttle Atlantis atop the mobile launcher platform sits on …
4/21/09
Description Space shuttle Atlantis atop the mobile launcher platform sits on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. At left is the Vehicle Assembly Building. The shuttle waits the arrival of the payload canister with its cargo of Hubble Space Telescope equipment. Photo credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis April 17, 2009
Date 4/21/09
Canister Gets a Lift
The payload canister is lifted toward the payload changeout room, …
4/21/09
Description The payload canister is lifted toward the payload changeout room, or PCR, on the rotating service structure at Launch Pad 39A. The canister's cargo of Hubble Space Telescope equipment will be deposited in the PCR and later transferred to the payload bay on space shuttle Atlantis. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett April 18, 2009
Date 4/21/09
Payload Transferred to Atlantis
On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, work …
4/27/09
Description On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers install the equipment and hardware needed to service the Hubble Space Telescope into space shuttle Atlantis' payload bay. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller April 22, 2009
Date 4/27/09
NASA's Launch Van Pool
STS-125 crew members acknowledge the spectators who have gathered …
5/11/09
Description STS-125 crew members acknowledge the spectators who have gathered to wish them well on their mission aboard space shuttle Atlantis to service NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. From left are Mission Specialists Mike Massimino, Michael Good, Andrew Feustel, John Grunsfeld and Megan McArthur, Pilot Gregory C. Johnson and Commander Scott Altman. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett May 11, 2009
Date 5/11/09
Atlantis Launches!
Under a dry, hot, cloud-washed Florida sky, space shuttle Atlanti …
5/13/09
Description Under a dry, hot, cloud-washed Florida sky, space shuttle Atlantis roars off Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida with its crew of seven for a rendezvous with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The launch was on-time at 2:01 p.m. EDT. Photo credit: NASA/Fletcher Hildreth May 11, 2009
Date 5/13/09
Lucky Charm
NASA Shuttle Launch Director Michael Leinbach shows his lucky sil …
5/11/09
Description NASA Shuttle Launch Director Michael Leinbach shows his lucky silver bullet while in Firing Room 4 of NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Control Center. Leinbach carries the inert silver bullet as a good luck charm. Space shuttle Atlantis with its seven-member crew launched at 2:01 p.m. EDT Monday from Kennedy on the final Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls May 11, 2009
Date 5/11/09
Liftoff!
White clouds of smoke and steam sandwich space shuttle Atlantis a …
5/11/09
Description White clouds of smoke and steam sandwich space shuttle Atlantis as it roars off Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy space Center in Florida with its crew of seven for a rendezvous with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Photo credit: NASA/Fletcher Hildreth May 11, 2009
Date 5/11/09
Payload Inspection
STS-125 crew members conduct equipment and procedure familiarizat …
4/7/09
Description STS-125 crew members conduct equipment and procedure familiarization, including sharp edge inspection, in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for their mission to service NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett April 2, 2009
Date 4/7/09
Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images
Title Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images
General Information What is Hubble Heritage? A monthly showcase of new and archival Hubble images. Go to the Heritage site. Back to top [ #top ]
Cast-off: Releasing a Solar Array
Title Cast-off: Releasing a Solar Array
Description Astronaut Kathy Thornton jettisons a damaged solar array panel into space during Hubble?s first servicing mission in 1993. When the solar panels were replaced, astronauts found a bend in the casing of this panel. The panel couldn?t be returned safely to Earth, and was released into space. Eventually the panel will descend into Earth?s atmosphere, where the friction created by the speed of its fall will burn it up, turning it into a shooting star. Hubble?s solar panels generate power for the telescope by converting sunlight into electricity. The arrays power the telescope and charge its batteries while Hubble is in sunlight. When Hubble moves into the dark portion of its orbit, the batteries provide power.
Hubble Control Center, Goddard Space Flight Center
Title Hubble Control Center, Goddard Space Flight Center
Description As Hubble?s third repair mission unwinds, ground controllers send commands and instructions to the telescope while monitoring data from the observatory to check that it continues to function correctly. When this picture was taken, in 1999, command and control operations for Hubble were run from the Space Telescope Operations Center at NASA?s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Today command and control is run mainly from the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Md.
Water Walk: Training for a Hubble Mission
Title Water Walk: Training for a Hubble Mission
Description Astronauts train to service Hubble in a huge, water-filled tank that simulates weightlessness. The 40-foot-deep (12 m) tank at NASA?s Johnson Space Center contains full-scale underwater mockups of Hubble, its instruments, and the carriers that hold the instruments. The astronauts wear pressurized suits similar to those they wear in orbit. They spend weeks doing this kind of training, and weeks in class. The astronauts also train using virtual reality, and in a chamber that mimics space temperatures of 200 to minus 200 degrees Fahrenheit (93 to minus 93 Celsius).
The Universe "Down Under" is the Latest Target for Hubble's Lates …
Title The Universe "Down Under" is the Latest Target for Hubble's Latest Deep-View
Hubble Reveals "Backwards" Spiral Galaxy
Title Hubble Reveals "Backwards" Spiral Galaxy
General Information What is Hubble Heritage? A monthly showcase of new and archival Hubble images. Go to the Heritage site. Back to top [ #top ]
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