Researched
Hubble Space Telescope
Launched in April 1990, Hubble sees the universe without atmospheric blur and helped fix the age and expansion rate of the cosmos.
Open in the interactive tree →After a mirror flaw was corrected in 1993, Hubble measured the expansion rate, supported the discovery of dark energy (1998) and took deep-field images showing thousands of galaxies. It is still in use after more than 35 years.
Prerequisites
- The telescope1608
- Reflecting Telescope1668Hubble is a reflecting telescope
- Ultrapure Silicon & Chips1954Hubble's cameras use silicon CCD detectors
- First satellite (Sputnik)1957
- CCD image sensor1969Hubble's cameras use CCD detectors
- Space Shuttle1981