Authors
S. Chandrasekar
Abstract
Hubble telescope, is known as Cassegrain reflector consists of two mirrors which are primary and secondary. This paper deals in the study of investigation of early history and launching of Hubble Space Telescope which was later known as James Webb Space Telescope. The most efficient group of astronomers and engineers are examining the universe through Hubble Space Telescope whose successor was placed at the Space Telescope Science Institute, situated in Baltimore. during1980s, the concept of successor use to work in the range of optical, ultraviolet and infrared wavelengths which were later considered impractical somewhere. Through this paper, researchers can have a broad horizon of knowledge regarding, how the planned destiny of the Next Generation Space Telescope were closely related to that of their parents. Keywords: Hubble Space Telescope, Next Generation Space Telescope
Introduction
Hubble Telescope was launched in 1990, but its story was written long before the discovery of space shuttle.
In the astronomical research, telescopes have been used as tools for years and sophisticated, refined devices for the purpose to measure the sky. This science Astronomy is considered as the first science during ancient period of Babylon and Greece about 2,000 years ago. One of the first suggestion was given by the German Rocket Scientist i.e., Hermann Oberth whose idea came just two decades after the airplane that is powered had thrashed off the run way for a very few seconds of flight. But the time, when Oberth gave the suggestion was the age of wood and cloth biplanes, airships and the flying boats.
Then, In 1957 , Sputnik’s first planet’s orbit was introduced and this war technology finally found an appropriate use and then proved that the spaceflight was more than a theoretical possibility that indicates Space Age had Begun (Usher and Christensen, 2014).
Hubble has provided us most of the haunting challenges to humans who are working in space and are successful in meeting all those issues around the technology. After its launch in 1990, the visit through the Hubble is around four times by astronauts that fixes, restore and also requires equipment upgradation. It has also been used in the research field, as with the help of Hubble, most of the data is generated for number of scientific papers whose topics ranges from solar system discovery in formation to the precise measurement of the universe’s age.
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