15 April 2020
Scientists discover most brightest and energetic supernova yet
... System (Pan-STARRS), a large-scale astronomical survey programme. The team also used data from the Hubble Space Telescope, the Keck and Gemini Observatories, in Hawaii, and the MDM and MMT Observatories in Arizona...
13 March 2021
Life with Hubble
... by its cover” rings true for this volume on the Hubble Space Telescope: its size, weight and cover design suggest ... in this book, but the author’s frustration with those Hubble documentaries will pale into insignificance against that of his target ...
29 March 2018
NASA Hubble Space Telescope Owners’ Workshop Manual
...sections include those on the design and development of the Hubble and its scientific instrument payload and one on the ...that the telescope mirror suffered from spherical aberration. Hardcore Hubble fans will find the section on the servicing missions...
21 July 2021
New balloon-borne astronomical telescope to rival Hubble
... than an hour - a stability that should produce images as sharp as those taken with Hubble. An added advantage of carrying a telescope on a balloon is maintenance. The Hubble Space Telescope will not last forever and when it does succumb to problems...
February 2021
Space archaeology - preserving our orbital heritage
...’ treatise or Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks. Given the chance, we’d do everything we could to preserve those, so why not Hubble? Hubble’s merit from a scientific standpoint is without question but it has also entered the public consciousness in a way...
June 2018
Striding through space
... Apollo 11 mission in 1969 and helping to deploy the Hubble Space Telescope as a mission specialist on the STS-31 mission...380 miles. A problem encountered during the deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope saw McCandless and a crewmate suited up in ...
