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Hubble telescope

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Hubble telescope
n
(Astronautics) a telescope launched into orbit around the earth in 1990 to provide information about the universe in the visible, infrared, and ultraviolet ranges Also called Hubble space telescope
[named after Edwin Powell Hubble (1889-1953), US astronomer]


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color) Jeremy Amarant, director of SAGE Planetarium in Palmdale, shows a Hubble Telescope photo to So Mei Rivera, left, and her Cactus Intermediate School students Wednesday.
It also covers unmanned space exploration, including the Hubble telescope and the Mars rovers, and current controversies and outlooks in space exploration, with a variety of opinions on human vs.
Those lamenting the loss of the Hubble telescope are missing an important part of today's business climate: outsourcing.
 
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