NASA and us Ms. Wood

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

Space Travel Apollo missions to the Moon Probes Landed on Mars Landed on Venus Past 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 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

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

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