Throughout its 20-year career, while moving at a staggering 28 000 kilometres per hour, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has made more than 930 000 observations and snapped over 570 000 images of 30 000 celestial objects. It has made more than 110 000 trips around our planet while collecting more than 45 terabytes of data, enough information to fill nearly 5800 DVD movies. Astronomers using Hubble data have published more than 8700 scientific papers, making it one of the most productive scientific instruments ever built. Join Dr J as he reviews the life of this prized observatory and presents it the Cosmic Lifetime Achievement Award for the scientific and artistic gifts it has given us.
This episode is available for download on: http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/heic1007a/
o my god i'm seel so old :-(
eustachio79 1 year ago
Yes, Happy Birthday you Tube Thing ;-)
menges70 1 year ago
For its retirement plans I humbly suggest that Hubble gets a nice and comfortable permanent docked spot at the ISS
toseemountains 1 year ago
Happy 20th Hubbie :D
Cellsplitter 1 year ago