Hubble next generation
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The Hubble Space telescope has celebrated his 18 years in orbit last April. During this time it has enabled views to be made of the very distant universe that were unthought of when Hubble was launched. This October its scheduled for its fifth and final servicing after which it should be in fit working order for another five years. Hubbles successor the James Webb Space is a hugely sensitive device that should allow for some groundbreaking scientific work by taking very deep images of the universe. With its massive 6.5 meter mirror and sunshield the size of a tennis court, it is the largest and most complex space probe ever built. It's predicted that we are only a decade or two from uncovering the origins of the universe. After its launch in 2013 The new James Webb Space Telescope could help bring that discovery even closer.
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Hubble next generation :
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A majestic star- forming region in the Eagle Nebula, a stunning view of a spiral galaxy - these incredible pictures were produced by Hubble - the highly successful space telescope. With no atmospheric distortion to overcome, it can easily see objects millions of light years away. In April it has celebrated 18 years in orbit.
10:01:04
Bob Fosbury (title: Head of European Hubble Collaboration)
""It's really been I think much more successful that anybody would have anticipated.
""In fact I think it's fair to say that it has revolutionized astronomy.
""It enabled views to be made of the very distant universe that were unglimpsed, unthought-of when Hubble was launched.""
SOT Bob Fosbury, Head of European Hubble Space Telescope Collaboration
""These big telescopes that look back, they're really time machines. In fact I think it's an amazing intellectual concept that you can take a telescope, you can look very deep, you can take very long exposures, and you can look back to the early his