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NASA and us

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

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NASA and us

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  1. NASA and us Ms. Wood

  2. 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

  3. Space Travel • Apollo missions to the Moon • Probes • Landed on Mars • Landed on Venus • Past • Jupiter • Saturn • Neptune

  4. Major NASA technologies • International Space Station • Hubble Telescope • Chandra X-ray Observatory • Fermi-Gamma Ray Space Telescope

  5. 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

  6. International Space Station

  7. 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

  8. Hubble Images

  9. Light and space Light is on a spectrum We see visual light Other forms of light can be seen using different technologies

  10. 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

  11. Chandra X-ray telescope

  12. 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

  13. Fermi Images

  14. References • All photos come from NASA • http://www.nasa.gov/ Visit the website for more information

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