Hubble telescope continued

The Hubble telescope is popular all over the world for its fantastic images of our universe. The Hubble telescope has captured some amazing images of earth from out their in space. In 1977 congress voted to fund the construction of the Hubble.

The Hubble telescope was completed in the year of 1985. The Hubble was supposed to be launched the year after its completion but was delayed due to the launch of the Space Shuttle challenge disaster.

The Hubble Telescope was finally launched on the 25^th of April 1990, nearly five years after its completion. The launch of this telescope really sped humanity to one of its greatest ever advances in the field of science and technology.

The giant telescope sent back pictures of the space. These pictures however were out of focus. There were apparently few flaws in the mirror. One of the major flaws in the mirror was that one edge was a bit too flat; it was 1/50th of the width of a human hair.

In December 1993 this was corrected by the Space Shuttle Endeavour, the Space Shuttle Endeavour added a camera to it to correct the problems with the mirror.

In February 1997, it underwent a few more changes, the astronauts added new blankets to keep the Hubble warm. The Hubble telescope was built with a vision or mission in mind.

The most common question that all of mankind asks Is, where did the universe come from? The Hubble telescope aims at answering questions like the one mentioned earlier. Its mission is to explore our solar system.

And to measure the age and size of the universe we live in. the Hubble’s telescope charts the whole evolution of our universe and traces out our cosmic roots. It even tries to unveil the mysteries of the stars, planets, galaxies and life itself.

The Hubble is a telescope that orbits our earth and blocks the light from our planet and hence it gains a view of the universe and is able to send us pictures that are far better than the ones we receive from telescopes that are grounded here.

The Hubble remains one of the most successful creations of NASA. Thanks to the Hubble telescope we have millions of clear images of the earth from space. It has helped scientist discover the approximate age of this universe, and the existence of dark energy and even the identity of quasars.

It has helped unveil many secrets and mysteries of astronomy.