By Karen Freiboth
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Hubble Space Telescope
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Table of Contents
Edwin P. Hubble...........................................................1
Tuning Fork Diagram................................................... 2
Hubble’s Galaxies.........................................................3
Identify The Galaxies....................................................4
The Hubble Space Telescope........................................5-6
Hubble Space Telescope Diagram.................................7
How Hubble Went to Space.......................................... 8
Discovery Crew STS-31................................................9
Positioning Hubble........................................................10
HST in Space.................................................................11
Hubble Space Telescope Images... ..............................12-13
Make Your Own HST Photo Album.............................14-16
How To Make Your HST Photo Album........................17-22
Hubble’s Servicing Missions.........................................23
Questions For Discussion..............................................24-25
Track the HST
Hubble Careers
Glossary
Credits & Photo Credits
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Vocabulary Words
Andromeda Galaxy
Astronaut
Astronomer
Astronomy
Atmosphere
Barred Galaxies
Celestial Objects
Collision
Constellation
Diameter
Earth
Edwin Powell Hubble
Elliptical Galaxies
Expand
Exploration
Galaxy
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
Image
Kilometer
Large Magellanic Cloud
Launch
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Light Year
Milky Way
Mph
NASA
Nebula
Orbit
Orbiter
Planet
Reflecting Telescope
Saturn
Space Shuttle
Spacewalk
Spiral Galaxies
Star
STS
Telescope
Universe
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Objective:
To learn a brief history about Edwin P. Hubble.
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Edwin P. Hubble
1889 - 1953
On November 20, 1889 Edwin Powell Hubble was
born in Marshfield, Missouri. He lived in Missouri for a
short period of time until his family moved to Wheaton, Illinois. The family moved before Hubble’s first birthday.
When Hubble grew up, he attended college
and studied law because his father wanted him to. But he
realized that his passion was astronomy. He then decided to
study astronomy and mathematics at the University of
Chicago. In 1910, he earned a bachelor of science degree.
After completing his education, he pursued other interests of
his before eventually returning to the University of Chicago
where he earned a doctorate degree in 1917.
A few years after the completion of his educational
studies, Edwin Hubble became a famous American
astronomer. It was in the 1920s when he discovered that
there are many more galaxies that exist outside of our own
Milky Way galaxy. His discovery has forever changed how
the Universe is viewed. On September 28, 1953 Edwin P.
Hubble died of a heart attack at the age of 63 years in San
Marino, California.
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Objectives:
To be introduced to the Hubble Tuning Fork Diagram
To be introduced to Hubble’s Classification Scheme.
To learn of Hubble’s three types of galaxies.
Tuning Fork Diagram
The Hubble
Tuning Fork Diagram
In the year 1923, Edwin P. Hubble discovered that the
Andromeda Nebula was actually a galaxy. Today, the
Andromeda Nebula is referred to as the Andromeda Galaxy.
Over the next few years, Hubble discovered many more
galaxies and by the end of the same decade, Hubble found so
many galaxies that he started to compare them to one another.
He then developed a method of classifying the galaxies into
three categories: elliptical galaxies, spiral galaxies, and
barred spiral galaxies. This method is called the Hubble
Tuning Fork Diagram. The diagram is still used by
scien-tists today, but in an updated version.
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Objective:
To use visual images of Hubble’s three types of
galaxies to show the characteristics of each.
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Hubble’s Galaxies
Hubble’s Three Types of Galaxies
Elliptical Galaxy
Spiral Galaxy
Barred Spiral Galaxy
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Objective:
To use visual images to correctly identify Hubble’s
three types of galaxies.
Identify The Galaxies
Directions:
You have just learned how Hubble classified galaxies into
three categories. Below are pictures of the three different
types of galaxies that Hubble classified. Write the correct
type of galaxy in the blank box next to each picture.
Teacher remind your students that the three types
of galaxies are:
Elliptical Galaxy
Spiral Galaxy
Barred Spiral Galaxy
Answer Key:
Elliptical Galaxy
Answer Key:
Barred Spiral Galaxy
Answer Key:
Spiral Galaxy
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Objective:
To use a visual image to introduce the Hubble
Space Telescope.
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The Hubble Space Telescope
HST
in Space
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Objective:
To introduce the HST as an orbiting space telescope.
The Hubble Space Telescope
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a very large
orbiting telescope named after Edwin P. Hubble. NASA’s
Goddard Space Flight Center controls the telescope by using
radio commands. The telescope is used by astronomers and other
scientists to thoroughly search and explore the Universe. The
HST is a very powerful reflecting telescope. Its light-gathering
mirror is 94 inches in diameter. Because the Hubble is so
powerful and it is above the planet Earth’s atmosphere, it
produces images that are more detailed than images obtained by
most other telescopes.
The Hubble Space Telescope is orbiting in space
approximately 360 miles above the surface of the Earth. Every 97
minutes, it completes one orbit around the Earth. It is circling
around the Earth at a speed of 17,500 mph., taking pictures of
planets, stars, galaxies, and other celestial objects. Since its
launch in 1990, the HST has taken billions of photo images. The
images taken by the telescope are transmitted by radio to
astronomers here on Earth. The data collected by Hubble has
greatly helped astronomers and the entire scientific community in
gaining a better understanding of the Universe.
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Objective:
To use a visual diagram of the HST to show the
various parts that the HST is built with.
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Hubble Space Telescope Diagram
This is a diagram of the Hubble Space
Telescope. The diagram shows the various parts
that the Hubble Space Telescope is built with.
light shield
radio antenna
secondary
mirror
solar panels
aperture
door
baffle
electronic
boxes
Sun
sensor
Primary
mirror
solar panels
instrument
module
aft shroud
radio antenna
guidance
sensors
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Objectives:
To learn about NASA’s Space Shuttle Discovery
STS-31 crew.
To use a visual image to learn how the HST went to
space.
How Hubble Went to Space
NASA’s
Space Shuttle Discovery STS-31
On April 24, 1990 the Hubble Space Telescope rode into space inside of NASA’s Space
Shuttle Discovery. The Discovery launch was a
spectacular sight in the sky and it was the beginning of the Hubble Space Telescope’s mission.
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Objective:
To use a visual image to learn about the NASA
STS-31 astronauts who rode into space with the
HST.
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Discovery Crew STS-31
NASA’s
Space Shuttle Discovery STS-31
Astronauts
Charles F. Bolden, Pilot
Steven A. Hawley, Mission Specialist
Loren J. Shriver, Commander
Bruce McCandless, Mission Specialist
Kathryn D. Sullivan, Mission Specialist
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To use a visual image to show how the STS-31
astronauts positioned the HST in space.
Positioning Hubble
Hubble Just Before
Being Placed into Space
The Hubble Space Telescope
As it was Being Positioned in Space
This picture was taken on April 25, 1990 from
an inside window of the Space Shuttle Discovery
STS-31; it shows the Discovery orbiter as it is
placing the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit. It took
years of study and a lot of hard work for each
astronaut to perform this task, but they had a great time
doing it because science is fun!
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Objective:
To use a visual image to show how the HST
looked in space when the STS-31 astronauts positioned and released the HST in space for its first
time.
HST in Space
Hubble’s First Time in Space
The Hubble Space Telescope
After it was Positioned and Released
into Space to Begin its Mission
On April 25, 1990 the Space Shuttle Discovery STS-31 crew positioned the Hubble Space
Telescope into space. This picture shows how the
Hubble looked after it was placed into orbit directly
above the Earth’s atmosphere. This was a new
beginning for space exploration and discovery with
the release of the Hubble Space Telescope from the
Discovery orbiter.
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12 Objective:
To use visual images to learn about the HST image
Betelgeuse Red Supergiant Star and the HST image
of the Planet Saturn.
Hubble Space Telescope Images
Amazing Images Taken
By The Hubble Space Telescope
Betelgeuse
Red Supergiant Star
The above image is the very first direct photograph of a star that the Hubble Space Telescope captured. This is a red supergiant star referred to as Alpha
Orionis or Betelgeuse.
The Planet Saturn
The Hubble Space Telescope’s
Beautiful Image of the Planet Saturn
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Objective:
To use visual images to learn about the HST
image of two spiral galaxies colliding in space and
the HST image of the Large Magellanic Cloud.
Hubble Space Telescope Images
Two Spiral Galaxies
Colliding in Space
The Hubble captured this incredible picture of a
collision in space. The two colliding spiral galaxies are
part of the Hercules Galaxy Cluster, which is in the
constellation of Hercules.
A Fantastic
Celestial Display
This remarkable Hubble image, which looks like
fireworks, is actually pieces left over from a star that
exploded in a galaxy nearby called the Large Magellanic
Cloud.
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Objectives:
To use technology and photo images taken by the
HST to learn about celestial objects in space.
To provide a hands-on learning experience using
HST images.
Make Your Own HST Photo Album
Important
Pre-Project Teacher Preparations
Are Listed on Pages 15 & 16
Introduce the HST Photo Album to students as a
hands-on HST learning project.
My Very Own
Hubble Space Telescope
Photo Album
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This page contains a list of the materials you will
need to make a teacher display model of the My
Very Own HST Photo Album.
Make Your Own HST Photo Album
Make a display model of the HST Photo Album before your students begin this project.
Use your model as a display for your students.
Your model will provide your students with a
visual understanding of the project.
Materials Needed to Make a Display Model:
 Heavy Black Construction Paper (3 Sheets)
 White Multiuse Paper for printers
 Ball of Red Yarn (cut [3] 6 in. pieces)
 Glue Stick
 Scissors
 Ruler (12 In.)
 Hole-Puncher
 1 Photo Album Cover Sheet
 5 Hubble Description Sheets
 5 Hubble Images (Size 3.5 in. X 5in.)
 Computer
 Color Printer
Internet access to the following website:
http://hubblesite.org/gallery/printshop/
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Pre-make all of your students’ HST photo album
pages. This step will eliminate paper waste.
Pre-cut all of your students’ strips of yarn. This
step will save classroom minutes.
Make Your Own HST Photo Album
How to Make My Students’
My Very Own HST photo album pages
Step: 1
 Take 3 Pieces of black construction paper
 Fold all 3 pieces of paper in half horizontally
 Using your hole puncher, make 3 holes on the
left side of the paper
Repeat these steps for each student.
Step: 2
Use your ruler to measure and then cut 3 (6 in.)
pieces of yarn
(Each student needs 3 pieces of yarn)
Now, distribute the materials listed
above to your students and begin the project.
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Guide students to a computer to gain access to
HUBBLESITE’S Astronomy Printshop.
Distribute the My Very Own HST Photo Album
Student Selection Packets (1 per student).
Distribute Photo Album Cover Sheets (I per student)
Distribute Hubble Images Description Sheets (5 per student)
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How to Make Your Own HST Photo Album
Ask Students to Visit the Following Website
to learn about 32 images
taken by the HST:
HUBBLESITE
Astronomy Printshop
http://hubblesite.org/gallery/printshop/
After your students visit the
HUBBLESITE Astronomy Printshop,
distribute the HST My Very Own Photo Album
Hubble Images Student Selection Packets
(1 per student).
NEXT
Ask Students to Complete their Student Hubble Images Selections order Forms (Located at the end of
each student’s Hubble Images Selection Packet).
Once you have all of your students’ Hubble Images
selections forms collected, use your My Students
Hubble Images Selection Order Form Packet
to fill each student’s Hubble Images order;
 Return each students’ 5 selected Hubble Images
 Distribute Photo Album Cover Sheets
(1 per Student)
 Distribute Hubble Images Description Sheets
(5 per Student)
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The list below contains all of the materials
your students will need to complete their own
individual HST Photo Album.
How to Make Your Own HST Photo Album
Materials Needed for Each Student:
 1 Photo Album Cover Sheet
 5 Hubble Image Description Sheets
 5 Hubble Space Telescope Images (Size 3.5 in. X
5 in.)
 (3) 6 in. Pieces of Red Yarn
 Photo Album Pages
 1 Glue Stick
 1 Scissors
 Pencil
 1 Hubble Images Student Selection Packet
 Computer
 Internet Access to the Following Web site:
HUBBLESITE
Astronomy Printshop
http://hubblesite.org/gallery/printshop/
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Begin the HST Photo Album Project by
distributing the photo album pages and
yarn to each student.
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How to Make Your Own HST Photo Album
Ask students to complete the step listed below.
Step: 1
Ask Students to insert one piece of yarn into the top
hole of the photo album pages, then ask them to tie a
loose double knot (Do not make the knot tight because a tight knot will prevent the pages from turning).
Ask Students to Repeat this step with each piece of
yarn until all three pieces have been inserted and
loosely tied as shown in the picture below.
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Assist students in properly gluing their photo
album cover sheet onto their HST photo album cover.
How to Make Your Own HST Photo Album
Ask students to complete the step listed below.
Step: 2
Ask Students to:
 Print their names onto their photo album cover
sheets
 Cut out their photo sheets (Cut along the red outline)
 Glue their cover sheet onto the front of the photo
album, as shown in the picture below.
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If necessary, assist students with cutting and
preparation of the HST photo album materials
How to Make Your Own HST Photo Album
Step: 3
Ask Students to:
 Use a pencil to write in the information on each
of their 5 Hubble Images Description worksheets.
Step 4:
After completing the written work on each of the 5
Hubble Images Description worksheets, Ask Students to:
Cut out their 5 Hubble Images (Instruct Students
to cut along the red outline of each worksheet)
 Cut out their 5 Hubble Images

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The completed HST photo album should like
the image shown below.
How to Make Your Own HST Photo Album
Final Step:
Ask Students to glue each of their Hubble images
onto the left hand pages of their photo albums.
Completed HST Photo Album
Ask students to glue each of their completed Hubble
Images description sheets onto the right side of their
photo album.
NOTE: Make sure that each student matches and
glues the correct Hubble image with its correct Hubble images description sheet.
AND
Ask students to mark the back of each Hubble image
with an a symbol (such as an arrow pointing up) to
indicate the correct direction of the image. This will
ensure that each image is properly positioned and
glued into place in the photo album.
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Objective:
To gain knowledge of all of the Hubble Space
Telescope’s servicing missions.
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Hubble’s Servicing Missions
After NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope was first
released into space in 1990, NASA astronauts have
returned to the Hubble several times to do
maintenance and repairs. The box below lists all of
Hubble’s Servicing missions:
Hubble Servicing Mission 1 (STS-61)
Space Shuttle Endeavour
December 1993
Hubble Servicing Mission 2 (STS-82)
Space Shuttle Discovery
February 1997
Hubble Servicing Mission 3A (STS-103)
Space Shuttle Discovery
December 19, 1999
Hubble Servicing Mission 3B (STS-109)
Space Shuttle Columbia
March 1, 2002
Hubble Servicing Mission 4 (STS-125)
Space Shuttle Atlantis
May 11, 2009
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Objective:
To engage students in a whole-group class
discussion of material from this lesson booklet.
Questions For Discussion
1) What is astronomy?
The study of stars, planets, and other objects in space
2) What is an astronomer and what kind of science does an
astronomer study?
A scientist who observes and studies planets, stars, galaxies,
and other celestial objects
3) Who was Edwin P. Hubble and why is he important to the
study of astronomy?
A famous American astronomer who discovered that there are
other galaxies that exist outside of the Milky Way and that
the Universe of galaxies is expanding.
4) How many types of galaxies did Edwin Hubble identify and
what are the names of the galaxies?
Three types of galaxies: Spiral Galaxies, Elliptical Galaxies
and Barred Spiral Galaxies.
5) What is the Hubble Space Telescope and who is it named
after?
An orbiting Space Telescope
Edwin P. Hubble
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Objective:
To engage students in a whole-group class
discussion of material from this lesson booklet.
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Questions For Discussion
6) Where is the HST and how did it get there?
In orbit above the Earth’s surface.
Launched aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery STS-31 and
positioned and Released into Space
by the crew of the Space Shuttle Discovery STS-31
7) What does the HST do?
Takes images of stars, planets, galaxies and celestial objects
in space for scientific study
8) How do you think Edwin Hubble would feel about the HST?
Answers will vary
9) Every 97 minutes the Hubble Space Telescope completes one
orbit around the Earth. How many complete orbits around
the Earth does the HST make each day? (Remember: there
are 24 hours in a day)
24 × 60 = 1440
1440 ÷ 97 = 14.8 = 14 Complete Orbits
10) The Hubble Space Telescope circles around the Earth at a
speed of 17,500 mph (or, if using metric system, 28,163.52
kph.) How many miles (or kilometers) does the HST
travel in one day?
(Remember: there are 24 hours in a day)
English System Answer
17,500 mph × 24 = 420,000 miles
Metric System Answer
28,163.52 kph × 24 = 675,924.48 kilometers
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Objective:
To use technology to track the HST.
Track the HST
You can track the Hubble Space
Telescope by using a computer and the internet.
To see where the Hubble Space Telescope is at any
time of the day or night, visit one of the following
Web sites listed below:
HUBBLESITE
THE TELESCOPE
Where’s Hubble Now?....
http://hubblesite.org/the_telescope/
where.a.s_hubble_now/
For Basic Hubble Tracking
Visit This Web site:
http://hubblesite.org/the_telescope/
where.a.s_hubble_now/basic_version.php
For More Advanced Hubble Tracking
Visit This Web site:
http://hubblesite.org/the_telescope/
where.a.s_hubble_now/advanced_version.php
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Objective:
To introduce students to NASA web sites that
teach about Hubble Space Telescope careers.
Hubble Careers
To Learn About Some of the
Fun and Exciting Hubble Careers
Please Visit the Following Web site:
Hubble Careers in Action
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/
hubble-careers.html
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Objective:
To introduce students to NASA web sites that
teach about Hubble Space Telescope careers.
Hubble Careers
Goddard Engineers and Divers
Multi-Task for Hubble
Did you ever wonder how NASA astronauts prepare for Hubble Space Telescope servicing
missions?
Pictured above are Hubble Carrier
Manager Mark Hubbard of Goddard (left)
and EVA and Crew Systems Engineer
Steve Schneider of SGT, Inc., prepare for a
two-hour scuba run in the Neutral Buoyancy
Lab water tank. Hubbard and Schneider's dive
is part of preparations for Hubble Servicing
Mission 4.
To learn more
please visit this website:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/
hubble/servicing/series/hst_divers.html
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Objective:
To introduce students to NASA web sites that
teach about Hubble Space Telescope careers.
Hubble Careers
Thermal Blanket Fabricators
Learn why the Hubble needs thermal
blankets and what skills and materials are
needed to make them.
In this picture Goddard engineer Ben
Reed studies a portion of a multi-layer
blanket from Hubble, brought back to Earth
after Servicing Mission 3A in 1999.
To learn more
please visit this website:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/
hubble/servicing/series/hst_blankets.html
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Objective:
To introduce students to NASA web sites that
teach about Hubble Space Telescope careers.
Hubble Careers
Flight Controllers
in the Hubble Operations Center
The Hubble would not be able to do what it does
without the help of a small group of dedicated engineers
and technicians at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
in Greenbelt, Md.
This picture shows engineers at Goddard's Space Telescope Operations Control
Center monitoring the Hubble Space Telescope around the clock.
To learn more
please visit this website:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/
hubble/servicing/series/stocc.html
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Objective:
To introduce students to NASA web sites that
teach about Hubble Space Telescope careers.
Hubble Careers
Specialized Tool Developers
A team at NASA's Goddard Space Flight
Center designs and builds the special tools and aids
astronauts need when they service the Hubble Space
Telescope.
Pictured above astronauts practice
installing Hubble’s new imaging camera,
the WFC3, using the instrument’s handling
aid. This crew aid will help control the 1,000lb. instrument during on-orbit installation of
the camera during Servicing Mission 4.
To learn more
please visit this website:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/
hubble/servicing/series/stocc.html
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Glossary
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Andromeda Galaxy
 Located 2.5 million light-years away, the Andromeda is
our largest nearby galactic neighbor.
Astronaut
 A person trained to travel and work in space.
Astronomer
 A scientist who observes and studies planets, stars, and
galaxies.
Astronomy
 The study of stars, planets, and other objects in space.
Atmosphere
 The layers of gases that surround a star, like our Sun, or
a planet, like our Earth.
Barred Spiral Galaxies
 Spiral galaxies whose central regions are in the shape of
bars at the ends of which the spiral arms begin. About
one half of all spiral galaxies are barred spiral.
Celestial Objects
 Objects in space beyond the Earth.
Collision
 A crash or forceful joining together.
Constellation
 A named pattern of stars in the sky.
Diameter
 The size of a circle (or circular cross-section) based on
the length of the longest straight line that goes through
the center of the circle.
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Earth
 The third planet from the sun.
Edwin Powell Hubble
 A famous American astronomer.
Elliptical Galaxy
 A collection of millions to billions of stars in the form of
a dense swarm.
Expand
 To make larger.
Exploration
 The act of looking into or studying something unknown.
Galaxy
 A self-gravitating system of stars, gas, dust, planetary
systems, and other matter in motion about its center of
mass. Galaxies are the most visible components of the
larger Universe.
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
 NASA’s flight control center in Greenbelt, Maryland,
which receives data from orbiting observatories such as
the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). HST digital data are
then relayed to the Space Telescope Science Institute in
Baltimore, Maryland, where they are interpreted into pictures. Goddard also conducts scientific investigations,
develops and operates space systems, and works toward
the advancement of space science technologies.
Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
 A large telescope placed in orbit above Earth that takes
pictures of objects in space.
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Image
 In astronomy, it is a picture of some part of the sky.
Kilometer
 1,000 meters. A kilometer equals 0.6214 miles.
Large Magellanic Cloud
 The larger of two small galaxies orbiting nearby our
Milky Way galaxy.
Launch
 To send a rocket from Earth.
Light Year
 The distance light travels in a year, about 10 trillion kilometers, or 6 trillion miles.
Milky Way
 The galaxy which includes the sun and Earth.
Mph
 Miles per hour.
NASA
 The NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
ADMINISTRATION which is in charge of all public
space programs of the United States.
Nebula, plural: nebulae
 A low density cloud of gas and dust; galaxies were once
thought to be nebulae but are now recognized as much
larger systems of stars, nebulae, planetary systems and
other matter.
Orbit
 The path followed by a moon, planet or artificial satellite
as it travels around another body in space.
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Orbiter
 The part of the space shuttle that looks like an airplane,
flies into space and back down again, carrying people
and equipment.
Planet
 A body that orbits a star in a solar system, and which
shines only by reflected light.
Reflecting Telescope
 Telescope that uses mirrors to collect and focus light
from a celestial object onto a detector for recording or
into an eyepiece for viewing.
Saturn
 Sixth planet from the sun noted for its bright system of
rings.
Space Shuttle
 A reusable spacecraft designed to take people and cargo
between Earth and space. It is made up of the external
tank, two solid rocket boosters, and the orbiter with the
three space shuttle main engines.
Spacewalk or Extravehicular Activity (EVA)
 Outside the spacecraft; activity in space conducted by
suited astronauts.
Spiral Galaxy
 A galaxy that is shaped like a disk with a bulge in the
center. The disk resembles a pinwheel, with bright spiral
arms that coil out from the center bulge.
Star
 A large ball of gas that creates and emits its own radiation.
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STS
 Space Transportation System (NASA’s name for the
overall Space Shuttle Program. Part of the mission name:
STS-125 was the 125th Space Shuttle mission.)
Telescope
 A device that creates a larger and brighter image of a far
away object.
Universe
 The huge space which contains all of the matter and
energy in existence.
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Credits
&
Photo Credits
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HUBBLESITE
Astronomy Printshop
http://hubblesite.org/gallery/printshop/
HUBBLESITE
Reference DESK
Glossary
http://hubblesite.org/reference_desk/glossary/
HUBBLESITE
Reference DESK
Glossary
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)
http://hubblesite.org/reference_desk/glossary/
http://hubblesite.org/reference_desk/glossary/index.php?range=qs
HUBBLESITE
THE TELESCOPE
Team Hubble: Servicing Missions
NASA
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)
http://hubblesite.org/the_telescope/team_hubble/
servicing_missions.php
http://hubblesite.org/the_telescope/team_hubble/
servicing_missions.php#sm4
HUBBLESITE
Reference DESK
Glossary
http://hubblesite.org/reference_desk/glossary/
Karen Freiboth
NASA Top Stars
HUBBLESITE
Reference DESK
Glossary
NASA
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)
http://hubblesite.org/reference_desk/glossary/
http://hubblesite.org/reference_desk/glossary/index.php?range=qs
HUBBLESITE
THE TELESCOPE
Team Hubble: Servicing Missions
NASA
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)
http://hubblesite.org/the_telescope/team_hubble/
servicing_missions.php
http://hubblesite.org/the_telescope/team_hubble/
servicing_missions.php#sm4
NASA
Aerospace Science and Technology Dictionary
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/hqlibrary/aerospacedictionary/
NASA
Amazing Andromeda Galaxy
November 30, 2007
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/starsgalaxies/spitzerf20061003.html
NASA
GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
Scientific Visualization Studio
SVS Keyword Dictionary
Cargo Bay
http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/search/Keyword/SVS.html
Karen Freiboth
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NASA
GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
THE HUBBLE PROJECT
SERVICING MISSION 3B
Glossary
October 24, 2005
http://sm3b.gsfc.nasa.gov/glossary.html
NASA
World Book at NASA
Brecher, Kenneth. "Galaxy." World Book Online Reference
Center. 2005. World Book, Inc.
http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Article?id=ar215080
http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/galaxy_worldbook.html
NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Basics of Space Flight
Glossary
http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/basics/bsfgloss.htm#T
NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
DAWN DICTIONARY
Vocabulary
Dawn Dictionary
http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/dictionary/index.asp
NASA
NASA Dictionary
Picture Dictionary
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/index.html
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/dictionary/
index.html
Karen Freiboth
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NASA
COSMICOPIA
An abundance of cosmic rays
Glossary
December 14, 2004
http://helios.gsfc.nasa.gov/glossary.html
NASA
GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
NASA’s IMAGINE THE UNIVERSE!
IMAGINING THE UNIVERSE!
DICTIONARY
The Image Team
October 28, 2004
http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/dictionary.html
HUBBLESITE
THE TELESCOPE
Where’s Hubble Now?....
NASA
STScl
January 1, 2008
http://hubblesite.org/the_telescope/where.a.s_hubble_now/
ADVANCED TRACKING
http://hubblesite.org/the_telescope/where.a.s_hubble_now/
advanced_version.php
BASIC TRACKING
http://hubblesite.org/the_telescope/where.a.s_hubble_now/
basic_version.php
HUBBLE
Final Preparations
http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/welcome/hubble.htm
STARCHILD
Level 1 Glossary
The Star Child Team
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/glossary_level1/
glossary.html
Karen Freiboth
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STARCHILD
Level 2 Glossary
The Star Child Team
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/glossary_level2/
glossary.html
Glossary
Table of Contents
Stern, P. David
September 23, 2004
http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Sgloss.htm#q20
NASA
Astronomy’s Picture of the Day’s Glossary
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/glossary.html
NASA
NASA SCIENCE FOR KIDS
Glossary
http://nasascience.nasa.gov/kids
NASA
THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE
Edwin P. Hubble
June 16, 2008
http://hubble.nasa.gov/overview/hubble_bio.php
Barnbaum, Cecilia. "Hubble Space Telescope." World Book
Online Reference Center. 2004. World Book, Inc.
http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Article?id=ar265630.
http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/
hubble_telescope_worldbook.html
NASA
World Book at NASA
Edwin Hubble
Sweitzer, James S. "Hubble, Edwin Powell." World Book Online
Reference Center. 2004. World Book, Inc.
http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Article?id=ar265600.
www.nasa.gov/worldbook/hubble_edwin_worldbook.html
Karen Freiboth
NASA Top Stars
NASA
Hubble Space Telescope
Scientific Breakthroughs and Breathtaking Images
Hubble Accomplishments
September 9, 2008
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/main/
accomplishments_index.html
NASA
Hubble Space Telescope
Scientific Breakthroughs and Breathtaking Images
History
The Hubble Story
May 18, 2009
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/story/the_story.html
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/story/
the_story_2.html
NASA
THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE
August 13, 2009
http://hubble.nasa.gov/
NASA
GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
NASA’S IMAGINE THE UNIVERSE!
Ask an Astrophysicist
Silvis, Jeff
December 1, 2005
http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/
answers/971019c.html
NASA
GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
NASA’S COSMIC TIMES
Brought to you by Imagine The Universe!
Teachers’ Guide to the 2006 Articles
Faster Walk on the Dark Side
January 12, 2009
http://cosmictimes.gsfc.nasa.gov/2006/guide/faster_walk.html
Karen Freiboth
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NASA
HUMANSPACEFLIGHT
Space Shuttle Basics
Misfuselage
June 25, 2003
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/reference/basics/orbiter/
index.html
NASA
Space Shuttle
STS-125 Mission Information
August 22, 2009
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/
sts125/main/index.html
NASA
Space Shuttle
Mission Overview
STS-125: The Final Visit
June 12, 2009
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/
sts125/main/overview.html
NASA
HUBBLE
Hubble as seen through the shuttle's window being put into
orbit. Earth looms in the background.
Deployment : STS-31
Space
1990 Apr 25
Uploaded: 2002 Aug 22
July 18, 2008
http://hubble.nasa.gov/
http://hubble.nasa.gov/multimedia/results.php?
mission=Deployment+%3A+STS31&place=Space&keyword_list=&search=Search
http://hubble.nasa.gov/hubble/med/img28.jpg
Karen Freiboth
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NASA
HUBBLE
Hubble is on its own in space for the first time. The shuttle's
shadow still covers most of it.
Deployment : STS-31
Space
1990 Apr 25
Uploaded: 2004 Aug 27
July 18, 2008
http://hubble.nasa.gov/
http://hubble.nasa.gov/multimedia/results.php?
mission=Deployment+%3A+STS31&place=Space&keyword_list=&search=Search
http://hubble.nasa.gov/hubble/sm/img53.jpg
NASA
NASA Image eXchange
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300
Hubble Heritage Team, ESA, NASA
June 22, 2008
Barred Spiral Galaxy
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080622.html
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0806/
ngc1300_hst_big.jpg
Karen Freiboth
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NASA
NIX
NASA Image eXchange
Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA-JPL)
May 5, 2005
Barred Spiral Galaxy
http://nix.larc.nasa.gov/info;jsessionid=7n5g5qk33qc2f?
id=PIA07901&orgid=10
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/browse/PIA07901.jpg
NASA
NASA Image eXchange
Celestial Fireworks
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA-JPL)
July 3, 2003
http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info;jsessionid=93fon9211ma?
id=PIA04609&orgid=10
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/browse/PIA04609.jpg
NASA
NIX
NASA Image eXchange
Collision Between Two Spiral Galaxies
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA-JPL)
April 24, 2008
http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info;jsessionid=93fon9211ma?
id=PIA10387&orgid=10
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/browse/PIA10387.
Karen Freiboth
NASA Top Stars
NASA
NIX
NASA Image eXchange
HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE CAPTURES FIRST
DIRECT IMAGE OF A STAR
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA-GSFC)
November 7, 2002
http://nix.larc.nasa.gov/info;jsessionid=7h9fug52mm3vv?id=GL2002-001047&orgid=6
http://library01.gsfc.nasa.gov/nix/nixImages/screenimage/GL2002-001047.jpg
NASA
NIX
NASA Image eXchange
Saturn from Far and Near
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA-JPL)
May 26, 2004
http://nix.larc.nasa.gov/info;jsessionid=1s0eemfku0ncf?
id=PIA05981&orgid=10
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/browse/PIA05981.jpg
Karen Freiboth
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NASA
NIX
NASA Image eXchange
NGC 1316
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA-JPL)
November 14, 2007
Elliptical Galaxy
http://nix.larc.nasa.gov/info;jsessionid=7n5g5qk33qc2f?
id=PIA10116&orgid=10
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/browse/PIA10116.jpg
f
NASA
NIX
NASA Image eXchange
STS-31 Crew Portrait
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA-MSFC)
February 1, 1990
http://nix.larc.nasa.gov/info;jsessionid=3vp85auqubdv2?
id=MSFC-9007000&orgid=11
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/IMAGES/MEDIUM/9007000.jpg
NASA
NIX
NASA Image eXchange
STS-31 Launch
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA-MSFC)
April 24, 1990
http://nix.larc.nasa.gov/info;jsessionid=1iv2hubk6i1kd?id=MSFC
-9009635&orgid=11
http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/IMAGES/MEDIUM/9009635.jpg
Karen Freiboth
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HUBBLESITE
newscenter
News Release Archive: Galaxy > Spiral
News Release Number: STScI-2005-01
A Poster-Size Image of the Beautiful Barred Spiral Galaxy
NGC 1300
A Hubble Heritage Release / An American Astronomical Society
Meeting Release
NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScl/AURA)
Acknowledgement: P. Knezek (WIYN)
January 10, 2005
Barred Spiral Galaxy
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/galaxy/spiral/
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/galaxy/
spiral/2005/01/
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/galaxy/
spiral/2005/01/image/a/
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/galaxy/
spiral/2005/01/image/a/format/small_web/
Karen Freiboth
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HUBBLESITE
newscenter
News Release Archive: Galaxy > Elliptical
News Release Number: STScI-2008-07
Isolated Galaxy or Corporate Merger? Hubble Spies NGC
1132
A Hubble Heritage Release NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage
(STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration Acknowledgment: M.
West (ESO, Chile)
February 5, 2008
Elliptical Galaxy
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/galaxy/
elliptical/2008/07/
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/galaxy/
elliptical/2008/07/image/
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/galaxy/
elliptical/2008/07/image/a/
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/galaxy/
elliptical/2008/07/image/a/warn/
http://stsciopo.cachefly.net/hu/db/images/hs-2008-07-afull_jpg.jpg
Karen Freiboth
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HUBBLESITE
newscenter
News Release Archive: Galaxy > Spiral
News Release Number: STScI-2007-19
Hubble Photographs Grand Design Spiral Galaxy M81
A Hubble Heritage Release / An American Astronomical Society
Meeting Release
NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScl/AURA)
Acknowledgement: A. ZEZAS and J. Huchra (HarvardSmithsonian Center for Astrophysics)
May 28, 2007
Spiral Galaxy
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/galaxy/spiral/
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/galaxy/
spiral/2007/19/
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/galaxy/
spiral/2007/19/image/a/
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/galaxy/
spiral/2007/19/image/a/format/small_web/
Karen Freiboth
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HUBBLESITE
newscenter
News Release Archive: Galaxy > Spiral
News Release Number: STScI-2006-10
Hubble's Largest Galaxy Portrait Offers a New HighDefinition View
A Hubble Heritage Release
NASA, ESA, K. Kuntz (JHU), F. Bresolin (University of Hawaii),
J.Trauger (Jet Propulsion Lab), J. Mould (NOAO), Y.-H. Chu
(University of Illinois, Urbana), and STScl
February 28, 2006
Spiral Galaxy
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/galaxy/spiral/
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/galaxy/
spiral/2006/10/
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/galaxy/
spiral/2006/10/image/a/
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/galaxy/
spiral/2006/10/image/a/format/small_web/
Karen Freiboth
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NASA Quest
An Educational Website
Live from the Hubble Space Telescope
A Passport To Knowledge Project
III. Pictures of the Hubble Space Telescope System
A labeled diagram of the Hubble Space Telescope
http://quest.nasa.gov/hst/photo.html
http://quest.nasa.gov/hst/images/HSTdigram.gif
NASA Quest
An Educational Website
Live from the Hubble Space Telescope
A Passport To Knowledge Project
III. Pictures of the Hubble Space Telescope System
A 3D rendered images of the Hubble
http://quest.nasa.gov/hst/photo.html
http://quest.nasa.gov/hst/images/Render.gif
Karen Freiboth
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NASA
THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE
Edwin P. Hubble
June 16, 2008
http://hubble.nasa.gov/overview/hubble_bio.php
http://hubble.nasa.gov/art/overview/hubble_bio/edwinhubble.jpg
http://hubble.nasa.gov/art/overview/hubble_bio/
hubble_earth_horz.jpg
http://hubble.nasa.gov/art/overview/hubble_bio/
tuning_fork_diagram.jpg
http://hubble.nasa.gov/art/overview/hubble_bio/
andromeda_big.gif
Karen Freiboth
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NASA
SERVICING MISSION 4
THE HUBBLE PROGRAM
SM4 Multimedia
HUBBLE
Hubble Photo Images
SM4 Mission
July 17, 2009
http://sm4.gsfc.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery7.php
Hubble with Earth
http://sm4.gsfc.nasa.gov/art/graphics/hubble_telescope.jpeg
Karen Freiboth
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Karen Freiboth
My Very Own Hubble Space Telescope Photo Album
Images
October 2009
HUBBLESITE
gallery
Spacecraft Hubble: Hubble in Flight 1997
http://hubblesite.org/gallery/spacecraft/03/
NASA
STScl
Hubble in Flight (1997)
http://hubblesite.org/gallery/spacecraft/03/full_jpg
Karen Freiboth
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NASA
Educational Information
Hubble Careers
April 17, 2009
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/hubble-careers.html
Over 3,000 people are currently involved in the servicing mission to Hubble.
http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/272451main_hubble-careersxltn.jpg
NASA
Mission to Hubble
Making Hubble More Powerful Than Ever
Educational Information
Hubble Careers in Action
Learn how Hubble team members use their skills to plan for
the repair of the Hubble Space Telescope.
April 17, 2009
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/hubble-careers.html
Hubble Carrier Manager Mark Hubbard of Goddard (left)
and EVA and Crew Systems Engineer Steve Schneider of
SGT, Inc., prepare for a two-hour scuba run in the Neutral
Buoyancy Lab water tank. Hubbard and Schneider's dive is
part of preparations for Hubble Servicing Mission 4.
http://www.nasa.gov/images/
content/206097main_hstdivers3_HI.jpg
Karen Freiboth
NASA Top Stars
NASA
Mission to Hubble
Making Hubble More Powerful Than Ever
Educational Information
Hubble Careers in Action
November 25, 2008
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/series/
hst_blankets.html
Goddard engineer Ben Reed studies a portion of a multi-layer
blanket from Hubble, brought back to Earth after Servicing
Mission 3A in 1999.
http://www.nasa.gov/images/
content/205972main_hstblanketcutting3_hi.jpg
NASA
Mission to Hubble
Making Hubble More Powerful Than Ever
Educational Information
Hubble Careers in Action
November 25, 2008
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/series/
stocc.html
Engineers at Goddard's Space Telescope Operations Control
Center monitor the Hubble Space Telescope around the clock.
http://www.nasa.gov/images/
content/211736main_stocc_HI_20080219.jpg
Karen Freiboth
NASA Top Stars
NASA
Mission to Hubble
Making Hubble More Powerful Than Ever
Educational Information
Hubble Careers in Action
August 6, 2008
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/series/
cats.html
Astronauts practice installing Hubble’s new imaging camera,
the WFC3, using the instrument’s handling aid. This crew aid
will help control the 1,000-lb. instrument during on-orbit installation of the camera during Servicing Mission 4.
http://www.nasa.gov/images/
content/209220main_hstcatsaid_HI.jpg
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Karen Freiboth
NASA Top Stars