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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 Presentation

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Page 1: NASA and us

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