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... Experiment (BATSE), the Oriented Scintillation Spectrometer Experiment (OSSE), the Imaging Compton Telescope (COMPEL), and the Energetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET). The initial phase of the science program consists of a near- ... hydrazine, for orbit maintenance. Fuel is reserved for a controlled reentry, into a defined area of the Pacific Ocean at mission demise. Category:Spacecraft ...

... relationship also ensures that the observer's astronomical telescope itself becomes a bright source of background noise, a factor aggravated by the fact that γ-ray telescopes are obliged to operate within the space ... from extremely complex sequences of particle interactions. In order to improve the sensitivity of telescopes operating in the γ-ray domain, it is vital to understand the detailed contributions to the background noise ...

... 1968. More small orbiting telescopes with limited capabilities followed, as did proposals to put a large telescope into orbit. In 1977, what was then known simply as the Space Telescope officially got under way ... the contracts related to the robotic servicing mission led to some technical advances in the area, causing some experts to believe that the mission was feasible, a board from the National ...

... other structure from space solar power satellites in geo-synchronous orbit to produce radio telescopes with very large collection area. Typical space solar power concepts feature full array antennae having diameters of about ... radio astronomy, and SETI in particular, harness the potential large antenna collection areas inherent in space solar power to build very large space radio telescopes for marginal costs? Such a concept, besides having to ...

... %20X-ray%20Observatory Here Data Collection = Carrier_Rocket = Space Shuttle The Chandra X-ray Observatory (formerly the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility, or AXAF) was built around a high-resolution grazing incidence X-ray telescope ... the solar panels is stored in three banks of batteries. The X-ray telescope consists of four nested paraboloid-hyperboloid X-ray mirror pairs, arranged in concentric cylinders within the cone. The four ...

... directly at the Sun as this may result in permanent damage to the vision-sensitive area in the eye, the retina. In space there is no atmosphere to help protect us ... %20Kids/KidstoSpace.html Click here Category:Kids To Space Category:Kids To Space - ULTRAVIOLET RAYS

... Webpage = Semimajor_Axis = Eccentricity = Inclination = Orbital_Period = Apoapsis = Periapsis = Orbits = Alternate Names = Hubble Space Telescope, Space Telescope, 20580 Experiments = http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experimentSearch.do?spacecraft=HST Here Nominal Power ... .nasa.gov/nmc/datasetSearch.do?spacecraft=HST Here Carrier_Rocket = Space Shuttle The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) was the first and flagship mission of NASA's Great Observatories program. Designed to ...

... ) have many effects on living organisms and they can also affect astronauts in space. Ultraviolet rays come from bright stars like our Sun. The effects of UV on biological systems depend ... %20Kids/KidstoSpace.html Click here Category:Kids To Space Category:Kids To Space - ULTRAVIOLET RAYS

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... its unique vantage point 600 kilometers above the surface of the Earth, the Hubble Space Telescope looks out into space to capture dazzling images from distant stars which would be impossible ... Telecope is mankind's eyes on the universe. The dazzling vistas that the Hubble Space Telescope has recorded since its launch in 1990 are presented, along with the explanations of what ...

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