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Hubble Space Telescope-Historical Timeline Jackson W.

By kwsmyre

  • Edwin Powell Hubble Born

    Edwin Powell Hubble Born
    Edwin P Hubble

  • Hubble receives PhD at Yerkes Observatory at the University of Chicago 1917(exact date not found)

    Hubble receives PhD at Yerkes Observatory at the University of Chicago 1917(exact date not found)
    Yerkes Observatory, Chicago Illinois

  • Hubble began work at Mt Wilson Observatory, using Hooker Telescope, both the 60 and 100 in lense models, right after his army service in WWI (exact date not found)

    Hubble began work at Mt Wilson Observatory, using Hooker Telescope, both the 60 and 100 in lense models, right after his army service in WWI (exact date not found)
    MtWilson Observatory CA

  • Hubble used Cepheid variable that can be used to measure distances to deduce that Andromeda was not a star cluster but another galaxy

    Hubble used Cepheid variable that can be used to measure distances to deduce that Andromeda was not a star cluster but another galaxy
    1st Andromeda<a
  • Period: to

    Hubble Constant

    Hubble refines his work on "redshift" and Doppler shift to explain that the universe is expanding and how fast. This calculation is known as the Hubble Constant symbol "H". Scientists and astronomers continue to study and research to validate Hubble's hypothysis and adjust the value of H as new information is available.

  • Edwin Hubble dies of a stroke in San Marino California

    Edwin Hubble dies of a stroke in San Marino California
    Edwin Hubble

  • Construction phase for Hubble Telescope begins (exact date unknown)

    Construction phase for Hubble Telescope begins (exact date unknown)

  • Main lense completed Perkin-Elmer, manufacturer of the optical telescope assembly

    Main lense completed Perkin-Elmer, manufacturer of the optical telescope assembly
    Hubble mirror

  • Space Science Telescope Institute is founded; loacted at Johns Hopkins University (exact date unknown)

    Space Science Telescope Institute is founded; loacted at Johns Hopkins University (exact date unknown)
    STSI logo

  • Parts start arriving for assembly at Lockheed Missiles Space Company (exact date not found)

    Parts start arriving for assembly at Lockheed Missiles Space Company (exact date not found)

  • Hubble Space Telescope launched on Space Shuttle Discovery

    Hubble Space Telescope launched on Space Shuttle Discovery
    Hubble launch

  • 1st photo from Hubble returns to Earth: a very fuzzy images

    1st photo from Hubble returns to Earth: a very fuzzy images

  • "Hubble Trouble" press conference; primary mirror too flat by 1/50th of the thickness of a sheet of paper

    "Hubble Trouble" press conference; primary mirror too flat by 1/50th of the thickness of a sheet of paper
    mirror too flat

  • 1st Servicing Mission, Space Shuttle Endeavor: carries "COSTAR" the lens system to refocus light correcting the problem with the main mirror, and they replaced the camera with a newer version

    1st Servicing Mission, Space Shuttle Endeavor: carries "COSTAR" the lens system to refocus light correcting the problem with the main mirror, and they replaced the camera with a newer version
    before and after images with COSTAR

  • Hubble photographs comet Shoemaker-Levy smashing into Jupiter using time stop technology for photos from before impact to several days after impact

    Hubble photographs comet Shoemaker-Levy smashing into Jupiter using time stop technology for photos from before impact to several days after impact
    Shoemaker-Levy Comet

  • Most famous photo from Hubble Telescope was released: The Eagle Nebula

    Most famous photo from Hubble Telescope was released: The Eagle Nebula
    Eagle Nebula/M16

  • 2nd Servicing Mission; Space Shuttle Discovery, replaced the original spectrographs, and near-infrared cameras with more powerful instruments

    2nd Servicing Mission; Space Shuttle Discovery, replaced the original spectrographs, and near-infrared cameras with more powerful instruments
    2nd service

  • NICMOS (cameras installed during 2nd servicing mission) ran out of coolant

    NICMOS (cameras installed during 2nd servicing mission) ran out of coolant
    NICMOS

  • 3A Service Mission; Space Shuttle Discovery, replaced 6 gyroscopes and the coolant

    3A Service Mission; Space Shuttle Discovery, replaced 6 gyroscopes and the coolant
    Hubble Service missions

  • 3B Servicing Mission; Space Shuttle Columbia replaced cameras that can observe ultra-violet, visible, and near-infrared with 2x the size and sharpness

    3B Servicing Mission; Space Shuttle Columbia replaced cameras that can observe ultra-violet, visible, and near-infrared with 2x the size and sharpness
    3b mission sharper photos

  • 4th Servicing Mission; Space Shuttle Atlantis, most challenging servicing mission; added wide lense camera and a Cosmic Origins Spectrograph. new technologies added allowed them to remove COSTAR as the new instruments were built to make corrections for H

    4th Servicing Mission; Space Shuttle Atlantis, most challenging servicing mission; added wide lense camera and a Cosmic Origins Spectrograph. new technologies added allowed them to remove COSTAR as the new instruments were built to make corrections for H
    Hubble's batteries

  • 2018 will see James Webb Space Telescope launched: an infrared observatory stationed over 1 million miles from Earth beyond the moon's obstructive light. Hubble has been unable to reveal formation of very first stars in cluster galaxies and that will be

    2018 will see James Webb Space Telescope launched: an infrared observatory stationed over 1 million miles from Earth beyond the moon's obstructive light. Hubble has been unable to reveal formation of very first stars in cluster galaxies and that will be
    James Webb Telescope Team