| There is no other space telescope that has brought | | | | years; which makes the Hubble Space Telescope to |
| humanity a key understanding of the beauty in our | | | | come to decommissioning about the year 2010. |
| universe than the one and only Hubble Space | | | | The Hubble Space Telescope also has had some |
| Telescope. The Hubble Space Telescope a space | | | | important servicing missions. Servicing mission 1 began |
| telescope with many achievements, and facts. As | | | | on December 1993. The second servicing mission - |
| you read this article, you will learn some interesting | | | | servicing mission 2 began on February 1997. The third |
| facts about the Hubble Space Telescope that orbits | | | | servicing mission - called Servicing mission 3A, began |
| Earth. | | | | on December 1999. And the last servicing mission for |
| ::: Why Is The Hubble Space Telescope Called Hubble? | | | | the Hubble Space Telescope was on February 2002, |
| ::: | | | | and was called Servicing mission 3B. |
| This is a question that many people have, and want | | | | ::: Some More Amazing Facts About The Hubble |
| to know why it is called the Hubble Space Telescope. | | | | Space Telescope ::: |
| Well the Hubble name is not a scientific term! Though | | | | The Hubble Space Telescope moves at a speed of 5 |
| it is attributed with someone import in the field of | | | | miles per second, around the planet Earth! It only |
| science. And that is Edwin Hubble. | | | | takes the Hubble Space Telescope 97 minutes to |
| Edwin Hubble an American astronomer was a doctor | | | | make 1 revolution around the planet Earth. And the |
| who confirmed that the universe is indeed expanding. | | | | Hubble Space Telescope has a speed of 17,500 mph! |
| Edwin Hubble who was born 1889 and lived to 1953, | | | | Nothing on land and sea can approach those speeds, |
| is an important part of what has become the big | | | | currently that we know of. |
| bang theory. The big bang theory being that the | | | | The Hubble Space Telescope can look at everything, |
| universe started with literally a big bang (13.7 billion | | | | within its limitations, but it can not view the Mercury |
| years ago), and expanded to what we have today. | | | | or the Sun. |
| ::: Key Dates For The Hubble Space Telescope ::: | | | | The first image that the Hubble Space Telescope |
| The Hubble Space Telescope was launched on 24 | | | | took a picture of, was a star cluster. On the 20th of |
| April 1990. The cost was $1.5 billion US dollars, and | | | | May 1990, less than a month of being deployed, the |
| required the help of hundreds of people to make it | | | | Hubble Space Telescope took a picture of Star |
| so. | | | | Cluster NGC 3532. The NGC 3532 star cluster got its |
| Having launched the Hubble Space Telescope on the | | | | nickname "The Wishing Well Cluster" because the |
| 24 of April 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was | | | | twinkling stars in this Open Cluster resembles silver |
| deployed the next day on April 25 1990. The | | | | coins shimmering at the bottom of a Wishing Well. |
| designated amount of time for the mission was 20 | | | | |