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NASA and us. Ms. Wood. Things you should know. Moon revolves around sun as it revolves around Earth Millions of galaxies Solar system is made of: Sun Planets Asteroids Comets Dust Gas Empty space. Space Travel. Apollo missions to the Moon Probes Landed on Mars Landed on Venus - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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NASA and usMs. Wood
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Things you should know
Moon revolves around sun as it revolves around Earth
Millions of galaxies
Solar system is made of:SunPlanetsAsteroidsCometsDust GasEmpty space
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Space Travel
Apollo missions to the Moon
ProbesLanded on MarsLanded on VenusPast
Jupiter Saturn Neptune
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Major NASA technologies
International Space Station
Hubble Telescope
Chandra X-ray Observatory
Fermi-Gamma Ray Space Telescope
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International Space Station
Largest spacecraft
Highest number of countries involved
GoalsUnderstanding long-term effects of space exploration
on peopleCommitment to space explorationEnable people to go farther into spaceCreate a better life for people on Earth by continuous
discoveries
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International Space Station
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Hubble Telescope
Launched April 21, 1990
Solar powered
Named for Edwin Hubble
Used in calculating age of universe
Can see: Other galaxies Black holes Brown Dwarfs Forming planets and stars Pluto
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Hubble Images
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Light and space
Light is on a spectrum
We see visual light
Other forms of light can be seen using different technologies
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Chandra X-Ray Telescope
Can see billions of light years away
Considered one of the “Great Observatories”
Could read a newspaper .5 mile away with this
Can see 40% larger images than other telescopes
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Chandra X-ray telescope
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Fermi Gamma-Ray Telescope
Formerly GLAST (gamma large area space telescope)
Gamma radiation is the highest form of energy
See black holes
Found a black hole at the center of Milky Way
Named after Italian scientist who led the design and mission
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Fermi Images
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References
All photos come from NASA
http://www.nasa.gov/ Visit the website for more information