Hubble Space Telescope Christopher A.

  • edwin hubble

    edwin hubble made the largest telescope of its time at mt. wilson absorvitory in pasidena california
  • making the hubble space telescope

    scientists make the hubble telescope
  • large orbital telescope

    Astrophysicist Lyman Spitzer got together a group of scientists for the LST [large space telescope]
  • Congress approves funding for LST

  • Hubble space Telescope Christopher A.

    science and technology
  • Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)

    built in baltimore maryland
  • launch of discovery

  • hubble broken

    an imperfection found in hubble's primary miror
  • launch of shuttle endevour

  • discovery launched agean

  • orbital systems check

    launch of discovery agean
  • servicing mision 3a

    launch of discovery
  • Servicing Mission 4

    May 11, 2009: (STS-125) Launch Shuttle Atlantis they did: Remove Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WF/PC2) and install Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) in its place Remove the Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR) and install the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) in its place Replace all gyroscopes Replace one Fine Guidance Sensor (FGS) Replace all batteries Install New Outer Blanket Layers (NOBLs) Install Soft Capture Mechanism (SCM)
  • servicing micion 3b

    launch of columbia
  • hubble telescope deployed

    hubble space telescope is sent into orbit