Life with Hubble : An Insider's View of the World's Most Famous Telescope.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leckrone, David S.

Series:

AAS-IOP Astronomy Series

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (441 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Institute of Physics Publishing, 2020.

Summary:

A behind-the-scenes narrative of the Hubble mission. Told by the now retired Senior Project Scientist for Hubble, David Leckrone, this fascinating story recounts the history of the mission from 1990 to the present day. It tells the stories of scores of individuals who made major contributions to the Hubble legacy. In understandable, non-professional language, it describes many of the exciting scientific discoveries that the telescope has produced.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

Author Biography

For Additional Information

1 A Small Error: The Origin of Spherical Aberration

2 The Road to Redemption: Learning to Service in Space

3 The Sharper Image: Correcting Spherical Aberration

4 Leading the Way: Preparing to Service Hubble

5 To the Rescue: The First Servicing Mission

6 Transfiguration: Life Without Spherical Aberration

7 Once in a Thousand Years: Preparing for Comet S/L-9

8 When Worlds Collide: The Comet Campaign

9 From Darkness to Light: Black Holes and Quasars

10 How High Is the Sky? Measuring the Universe

11 You Can Almost See Forever: The Hubble Deep Fields

12 A Bad Sunburn: The Second Servicing Mission

13 Resurrection: The NICMOS Saga

14 Racing Y2K: Servicing Mission 3a

15 Dangerous Liaison: Servicing Mission 3b

16 Stormy Weather: Hubble Under Siege

17 Replenishing the Toolbox: The Science Instruments of SM4

18 A New Beginning: The Last Servicing Mission

19 Worlds Without End: Exploring Exoplanets

20 The Fathomless Universe: Dark Matter and Dark Energy

21 Epilogue.

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Other Format:

Print version: Leckrone, David S. Life with Hubble

ISBN:

9780750342261