PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Launched April 24th of 1990
from Kennedy Space Station
on the Discovery
Weighs around 24,000lbs
•About 11,000kg•
Has no thrusters
•Takes 15min to turn 90°•
The Hubble was created to have extreme accuracy and visibility as seen with this picture of Pluto
•The Hubble has made more than 1mil.observations since its launch
•Allowing more than 12,700 scientific papers to be published with its data
THE HUBBLE HAS LED TO NEW DISCOVERIES SUCH AS:
- Discovering new planets and universes
- Exploring the subject of dark energy (energy coming from empty space)
