Hubble celebrates 100,000th orbit
Posted: Tue, Aug 12, 2008, 9:37 AM ET (1337 GMT)
Astronomers marked on Monday the 100,000th orbit around the Earth by the Hubble Space Telescope by releasing a colorful image of a nebula. The image, of a small portion of the Tarantula nebula 170,000 light-years away, shows a region of star birth. The image was released on Monday, the day that the spacecraft completed its 100,000th orbit around the Earth since its launch in 1990.
Astronomers marked on Monday the 100,000th orbit around the Earth by the Hubble Space Telescope by releasing a colorful image of a nebula. The image, of a small portion of the Tarantula nebula 170,000 light-years away, shows a region of star birth. The image was released on Monday, the day that the spacecraft completed its 100,000th orbit around the Earth since its launch in 1990. | <<previous article | next article>> |
|
news in brief
|
|
Pentagon dismisses $1.2 trillion cost estimate for Golden Dome
Posted: Sat, May 16 9:36 AM ET (1336 GMT) Cowboy Space proposes 20,000 satellite orbital data center constellation
Posted: Sat, May 16 9:33 AM ET (1333 GMT) |
|
news links
|
|
Friday, May 22
NASA Joins Artemis Accords Workshop as Global Signings Rise
NASA — 5:12 am ET (0912 GMT) NASA to Showcase Mission to Boost Swift Spacecraft’s Orbit
NASA — 5:12 am ET (0912 GMT) SpaceX calls off launch of new Starship prototype
NBCNews.com — 5:10 am ET (0910 GMT) SpaceX again delays test flight of new-generation Starship rocket
TASS — 5:09 am ET (0909 GMT) Mars colony and Grok warnings: five strange details in SpaceX’s pitch to investors
The Guardian — 5:08 am ET (0908 GMT) |
