Life after Hubble
June 13th 2009 05:08
lifting off on board an Ariane 5 from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana
It has been 17 years plus since the Hubble Space Telescope (H.S.T) was launched .
The first pictures sent from Hubble where less than ideal. It soon became apparent that the telescope had some major problems. The problem was that the main mirror had flaw’s Hubble’s was essentially myopic.
Great images have come from the HST over the last 17 years with many new discoveries of distant galaxies.
Soon the Hubble Space Telescope will be retired to make way for new technologies in telescope design.
There will be life after Hubble with the construction and successful of giant space telescope named "Herschel"
Herschel space telescope
Telescope going through mirror tests
"Herschel" commissioned by The European Space Agency (ESA) is a giant compared to Hubble telescope. Herschel is 13ft wide and 26 ft in height, and over 3 tons in weight. Construction commenced some eight years ago, and was successfully launched on 14 May 2009.
We expect to see new and exciting images in the future.
images by ESA
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