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NASA and us Ms. 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: Sun Planets Asteroids Comets Dust Gas Empty space
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Space Travel Apollo missions to the Moon Probes Landed on Mars Landed on Venus Past 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 Goals Understanding long-term effects of space exploration on people Commitment to space exploration Enable people to go farther into space Create 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 http://www.nasa.gov/
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