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Not yet imagined : a study of Hubble space telescope operations /

Chris Gainor, Author | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | NASA History Series | 2020

"Dr. Christopher Gainor's Not Yet Imagined documents the history of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) from launch in 1990 through 2019. This is considered a follow-on book to Robert W. Smith's The Space Telescope: A Study of NASA, Science, Tec[...]

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Enhancing Hubble's vision

David J. Shayler, Author ; David M. Harland, Author | Cham : Springer, Published in association with Praxis Publishing | 2016

After a 20-year struggle to place a large, sophisticated optical telescope in orbit the Hubble Space Telescope was finally launched in 1990, though its primary mirror was soon found to be flawed. A dramatic mission in 1993 installed corrective [...]

Spaceman : an astronaut's unlikely journey to unlock the secrets of the universe /

Mike Massimino, Author | New York : Crown Archetype | 2016

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to find yourself strapped to a giant rocket that's about to go from zero to 17,500 miles per hour? Or to look back on Earth from outer space and see the surprisingly precise line between day and nigh[...]

Hubble's legacy : reflections by those who dreamed it, built it, and observed the universe with it /

Roger D. Launius, Editor ; David H. DeVorkin, Editor | [S.l.] : Smithsonian Institution Press | A Smithsonian contribution to knowledge | 2014

The development and operation of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) have resulted in many rich legacies, most particularly in science and technology - but in culture as well. This book, which includes contributions from historians of science, key[...]

Assessment of options for extending the life of the Hubble Space Telescope: final report

Washington : The National Academies Press | 2005

The loss of the space shuttle Columbia resulted in a decision by NASA not to pursue the SM-4 mission leading to an end of Hubble's life in 2007-2008. The Congress directed NASA to request a study of the robotic and shuttle servicing options for [...]

Hubble space telescope : 10 years that changed your vision

Bruce Battrick, Editor ; European Space Agency, Editor | [S.l.] : European Space Agency | ESA BR | 2000

The Hubble wars : astrophysics meets astropolitics in the two-billion-dollar struggle over the Hubble Space Telescope

Eric J. Chaisson | Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press | 1998