The Senate and House versions will go to a conference committee where a compromise version will be drafted that can pass both Houses. Optics experts realized they could build corrective optics into this camera to counteract the flaw in the primary mirror. © Again, astronauts aboard the space shuttle came to Hubble’s rescue with Servicing Mission 3A (SM3A) on December 1999 and Servicing Mission 3B (SM3B) on March 2002. Meanwhile, Hubble scientists and engineers devised a set of nickel- and quarter-sized mirrors to remedy the effects of the primary mirror on Hubble’s other instruments. Video: Beautiful nebulas in 'never-before-seen' Hubble 30th anniversary view The bill also funds a vital nuclear modernization programs to ensure that nuclear deterrent is safe and reliable. Congressman Robert Aderholt represents Alabama’s Fourth Congressional District. It has given scientists some 1.4 million previously-unseen images and provided data for more than 17,000 scientific papers, according to the European Space Agency (ESA) which operates the telescope with NASA. For the first time, people could see in stunning detail what nebulas look like "up close," or how the planet's in our solar system are patterned with incredible clouds and structures. Aderholt said he thought it was a “mistake” to not give NASA more money this year. Friday, Congressman Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) released a statement saluting the Hubble Space Telescope on the thirtieth anniversary of its launch to explore the cosmos. They soon realized that this issue was created because the edges of the telescope’s primary mirror were ground too flat by just a fraction of the width of a human hair. The project was to be launched into space by the Space Shuttle, then also under development. A second space shuttle second servicing mission (SM2) took place, resulting in the replacement of degrading spacecraft components, and the installation of new instruments such as the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) and the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS). It has also found that the universe is not just expanding, but accelerating, a discovery which won the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics. “I thank Congressman Brooks for recommending my reappointment to the NASA Advisory Council- Human Exploration and Operations Committee.”, “I am confident that under the leadership of Administrator Jim Bridenstine and the tremendous team he has put together, our nation will put the first woman and next man on the Moon by 2024,” McDaniel added. Visit our corporate site. Jones faces former Auburn University head football coach Tommy Tuberville in the Nov. 3 general election. Using a rocket to put a telescope in space was first proposed by German scientist Hermann Oberth when he published “Die Rakete zu den Planetenraumen” (“The Rocket into Planetary Space”). The giant telescope was sent into low Earth orbit (an Earth-centered orbit with an altitude of 2,000 km (1,242 miles) or less) in 1990. “Launched from the Space Shuttle Discovery on this day in 1990, the Hubble Telescope has given the world a glimpse into the great expanse of the universe, showing us what no human has ever witnessed before. It fully funds the B-21 bomber, a new Columbia Class submarine along with an additional attack submarine, and begins work on the W93 warhead that will be critical to meet STRATCOM Commander requirements for the sea-based deterrent. “Mark’s past service and qualifications make him an excellent choice for reappointment to another term on the committee. In 2009, space shuttle astronauts returned again on Servicing Mission 4 (SM4) and installed two new scientific instruments: the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) and the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3).