NASA and usMs. Wood

Things you should know

Moon revolves around sun as it revolves around Earth

Millions of galaxies

Solar system is made of:SunPlanetsAsteroidsCometsDust GasEmpty space

Space Travel

Apollo missions to the Moon

ProbesLanded on MarsLanded on VenusPast

Jupiter Saturn Neptune

Major NASA technologies

International Space Station

Hubble Telescope

Chandra X-ray Observatory

Fermi-Gamma Ray Space Telescope

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

International Space Station

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

Hubble Images

Light and space

Light is on a spectrum

We see visual light

Other forms of light can be seen using different technologies

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

Chandra X-ray telescope

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

Fermi Images

References

All photos come from NASA

http://www.nasa.gov/ Visit the website for more information