The Hubble Space Telescope
By: Margaret W. Carruthers
Series: Watts library; Watts library
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9780531122792
Subjects: Juvenile literature; Exploration of outer space; Exploration; Telescopes; Hubble Space Telescope (Spacecraft)
Description: A comprehensive look at the Hubble Space Telescope which has, since 1990, collected information about our solar system, star clusters in the Milky Way galaxy, and even other galaxies as it orbits the Earth.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A new eye on the universe; title: How a telescope got to space; title: The guts of the Hubble Space Telescope; title: Hubble's universe; title: The future; title: Timeline of the Hubble Space Telescope.