KIDS QUIZ
SPACE EXPLORATION
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Spitzer
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Hubble
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Hubble Space Telescope’s launch and deployment in April 1990 marked the most significant advancement in astronomy since Galileo’s telescope. The first major optical telescope to be placed in space, Hubble operates from the ultimate mountaintop.
Detailed explanation-2: -Scientists have used Hubble to observe the most distant stars and galaxies as well as the planets in our solar system. Hubble’s launch and deployment in April 1990 marked the most significant advance in astronomy since Galileo’s telescope.
Detailed explanation-3: -On April 24, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched aboard Space Shuttle Discovery on the STS-31 mission.
Detailed explanation-4: -Launched on April 24, 1990, aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery, Hubble is currently located about 332 miles (535 km) above Earth’s surface, where it completes 15 orbits per day-approximately one every 95 minutes.