The Hubble Space Telescope was made possible through several technological advancements. NASA developed reusable space shuttle technology to enable maintenance of satellites in orbit. Increased battery capacity and solar energy collection allowed satellites to remain in orbit longer. Perkin-Elmer developed new mirror polishing techniques to create Hubble's precise primary mirror. NASA, the Marshall and Goddard Space Flight Centers, Lockheed, Perkin-Elmer, and ESA all contributed to developing Hubble's technologies. Hubble has produced extremely detailed images, discovered new planets, and helped determine properties of the universe.

1. Up and at'em. To infinity and beyond By Bridget Geoghegan 8 Green Miss Gray and Miss Brand The Hubble Space Telescope http://hubblesite.org/gallery/

2. What new technology was used to allow the Hubble space telescope to take place? Reusable Shuttle Technology Scientists convinced governments that they required a space based telescope. In order to put such a satellite in orbit they needed a method of maintaining it. The development of the reusable space shuttle technology gave them this ability. Solar Energy Technology Increased capacity of battery and development of solar energy collection and storage technology allowed the satellite to stay in orbit for extended periods of time reducing the cost of ‘in space’ maintenance. Mirror Technology The telescope required a mirror face with an accuracy of 1/65 th the wavelength of red light. In order to achieve this accuracy it was determined that conventional mirror polishing techniques would not be sufficient. Perkin- Elmer developed new computer controlled polishing machine technology to enable the production of a mirror to this accuracy.

6. Where did you find this information? Images Hubble Telescope http://hubblesite.org/gallery/ Horse Head Nebula http://fredsastro.googlepages.com/Horse_Head_Neb_Ha_smlsite.jpg/Horse_Head_Neb_Ha_smlsite-full.jpg Question 1,2,3 and 5: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_telescope http://hubblesite.org/ Question 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_N8JlG-HO8 http://hubblesite.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_telescope