Title:
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Enhancing Hubble's vision
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Authors:
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David J. Shayler, Author ;
David M. Harland, Author
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Material Type:
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book
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Publisher:
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Cham : Springer, Published in association with Praxis Publishing, 2016
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ISBN / ISSN / EAN :
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978-3-319-22643-9
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Format:
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xxii, 333 p. / col. ill. / 24 cm
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Bibliography note:
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Languages:
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English
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Class number:
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QB500.268
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Subjects:
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Hubble Space Telescope (Spacecraft)
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Space astronomy
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Description:
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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 optics so that the intended science program could finally begin. Those events are related in a companion to this book, The Hubble Space Telescope: From Concept to Success. Enhancing Hubble's Vision: Service Missions That Expanded Our View of the Universe tells the story of the four missions between 1997 and 2009 that repaired, serviced and upgraded the instruments on the telescope to maintain its state-of-the-art capabilities
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Format :
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In print
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