Site of the Day for Tuesday, July 17, 2001
Exploratorium Hubble: A View to the Edge of Space
"Scientists first imagined putting a telescope in space in the 1920s.
Hubble, launched into orbit in 1989, is the fruit of many years of
experimentation and a whole lot of painstaking engineering. When Hubble
looks out into space, it looks back in time. And the images it brings to us
of the past have changed the way we think about the origins of the
universe. Hubble is many places - The Space Science Telescope Institute,
where astronomers do their research, Goddard Space Flight Center, where
NASA builds and controls the telescope, and space, where the telescope
floats. And scientists from many walks of life lend a unique character to
Hubble's earth-based centers." - from the website
"Hubble orbits Earth at 5 miles per second." If your day is moving even
faster than that, take a moment to explore a broader view of the Universe.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/origins/hubble/
A.M. Holm
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