SAFETY EXPERT TROOPER STEVE, THIS IS NEWS 6 AT 09:00AM. GETTING RESULTS.
>> CALL IT THE TELESCOPE THAT
COULD HURT ME HERE THIS YEAR.
THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE
CELEBRATED HIS 30TH MISSION
ANNIVERSARY DOUBLE THE ORIGINAL
MISSION DURATION AS ANOTHER
ROUND OF CELEBRATION FOR THIS
MAJOR MILESTONE HUBBLE RECENTLY
RELEASED MORE THAN 50 NEW
IMAGES OF STAR CLUSTERS NEBULAE
AND GALAXIES. I GOT A CHANCE TO
SPEAK WITH DOCTOR MICHELLE
FOWLER. NASA ASTRONOMER AN
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SCIENCE
AT THE GUARDED SPACE FLIGHT
CENTER. TURNS OUT SOME OF THESE
SPECTACULAR SIGHTS ARE THINGS
YOU CAN EVEN SEE WITH SOME
BINOCULARS FROM YOUR OWN
BACKYARD.
>> CAN YOU GIVE US A BREAKDOWN
FOR FOLKS WHO DON’T KNOW WHAT
IT’S ALL ABOUT.
>> ABSOLUTELY. SO, YOU KNOW, 30
YEARS AGO ACTUALLY IN APRIL,
WE LAUNCHED THE HUBBLE SPACE
TELESCOPE. IT’S AMAZING TO
THINK THAT IT STILL IS ONE OF
THE PREEMINENT OBSERVATORIES IN
THE WORLD. IT’S ORBITING RIGHT
ABOVE US ONCE EVERY 90 MINUTES
IT GOES AROUND
THE EARTH AND THE NATIONALS
HAVE BEEN UP TO SERVICE IT
SEVERAL TIMES. SO IN SOME WAYS
THE INSTRUMENTS ARE
STILL NEW. SO WE DECIDED THAT
FOR THE 30 TH-ANNIVERSARY WE
WOULD RELEASE 30 ABSOLUTELY
GORGEOUS IMAGES AND NOT ONLY
ARE THE GORGEOUS SPECIFICALLY.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT YOU COULD
SEE THROUGH YOUR TELESCOPE IS
AN AMATEUR ASTRONOMY LEVEL
SCOPE. SO THE THINGS THAT YOU
CAN ACTUALLY GO OUT, LOOK AT
YOURSELF. THEY WILL LOOK LIKE
THE SAME AS THE WHOLE SPACE
TELESCOPE IMAGES. BUT IT’S A
WONDERFUL THING. EVEN JUST TO
SEE WITH THEIR OWN EYES THAT
CAN GIVE US AN IDEA. A LITTLE
SNEAK PEEK OF WHAT YOU GUYS ARE
REALLY SAYING.
WELL, THEY’RE THEY’RE SO
BEAUTIFUL TO CALL CALDWELL
OBJECTS AND THE COLD MILK.
HOW LONG DOES A CATALOG THAT
WAS SET UP IN 1995 BY THIS
AMATEUR ASTRONOMER GOD CALLED
SIR PATRICK MOORE WHO WROTE ALL
THESE GUYS AND BOOKS FOR PEOPLE
TO FIND THINGS WITH THEIR
OWN TELESCOPES. SO WHAT YOU
HAVE ARE 30 OBJECTS THAT ARE
JUST BEAUTIFUL AND THEY
ENCOMPASS A RANGE OF THINGS SO
OUR REGIONS WHERE STARS
ARE FORMING, WHERE THERE MAY BE
DOZENS OR EVEN HUNDREDS OF NEW
STARS FORMING AT THE CLOUD.
SOME OF THEM ARE STARS DYING
STARS UNRAVELING BACK INTO
SPACE AS THEY TAUGHT ME.
SOME OF THEM ARE GALAXIES THAT
ARE FEELING SO MAYBE MILLIONS
OF LIGHT YEARS AWAY OR 10’S OF
MILLIONS OF LIGHT YEARS AWAY.
SO EVERYTHING FROM THE BIRTH
AND DEATH OF STARS TO DISTANT
GALAXIES. ALL OF THESE ARE
POSSIBLE CALDWELL OBJECTS.
THEY’RE ALL GORGEOUS WEATHER
SATELLITES. AND, YOU KNOW IT
SATELLITE NOT ALWAYS POINTING
DOWNWARD. THERE WAS JUST
LOOKING AT US. BUT THIS IS, YOU
KNOW, ONE OF THOSE OBJECTS THAT
IS JUST ALWAYS LOOKING OUT FOR
WORD. I MEAN, WHAT IS IT?
WHAT’S IT BEEN LIKE TO BE ABLE
TO WORK WITH
THE HELP.
>> I’VE HAD ABOUT 90 MINUTES
AND HELPFUL TO MY ENTIRE CAREER
GETTING A SENSE OF HOW PRECIOUS
THAT
TIME MS. BUT, YOU KNOW, COUPLE
CAN ACTUALLY SEE SO FAR.
WAY IT’S LOOKING AT OBJECTS
THEM SOON. DISTANT LATEST TAKEN
MANY BILLIONS OF YEARS TO GET
TO US AND THE INCREDIBLE THING
THE HUBBLE IS IT CAN ACTUALLY
LOOK BACK TO A TIME WHEN SOME
OF THE FIRST GALAXIES WERE
FORMING THE THE MOST DISTANT
AND THEREFORE THE MOST BACK IN
TIME GALAXIES. WE
CAN SEE SO HOW HAS GIVEN US
THIS RINGSIDE SEAT TO ACTUALLY
WATCH THE UNIVERSE CHANGE IN
THE FALL. AND WHEN YOU LOOK
AT SOMETHING THAT IS, YOU KNOW,
SO FAR AWAY YOU ARE LOOKING
AT LIKE 10 TO 12 BILLION YEARS
TO GET TO US. WE DO SEE THE
UNIVERSE GET DIFFERENT CAN
CHANGE. AND THAT’S INCREDIBLE
THAT UP IN THE NIGHT SKY IS THE
WHOLE STORY. THE UNIVERSE STILL
COMING TOWARDS US WAS ONLY
DESIGNED TO
LAST NIGHT. WHAT WAS IT, 15
YEARS. BUT IT’S RIGHT THERE
SAYING THAT ASTERISK. I GOT UP
THERE AND IT’S NOT AN EASY
MISSION EITHER GOING TO GIVE
US A BREAK TIME. A KIND OF ONE
OF THE BIG STORIES
FOM NOW.
>> WELL, SURE, ANY BEGIN WITH
THIS INCREDIBLE SORT OF
COMEBACK STORY BECAUSE ONE
WOULD HOPE IT WAS LAUNCHED AND
WE OPENED IT UP TO THE FIRST
TIME TO LOOK AT
THE SKY. THERE WAS THIS
CATASTROPHE THEM. YOU’RE AN
ERROR IN THE MIRROR HAD NOT
BEEN GROUND TO THE RIGHT
CURVATURE THE WHOLE STORY ABOUT
THAT. BUT YOU CAN LOOK UP
ONLINE AND FIND OUT ABOUT THAT.
SO WE SENT ASTRONAUTS UP TO
CORRECT THIS AND ACTUALLY TO
DISCUSS THE STRANGE THING
TURNED OUT TO BE A GIFT FOR
ASTRONOMY BECAUSE WE LEARNED
HOW TO CORRECT IMAGES USING
COMPUTER ALGORITHMS THINGS THAT
CAN ACTUALLY DO SORT OF AUTO
FOCUS A LOT OF THAT TEAM FROM
ITS INITIAL ERROR AND IT MEANT
WE STARTED TO SERVICE THE
HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE
REGULARLY SWAPPING OUT THE
SWAPPING OUT THE GYROSCOPES AND
WELL-APPOINTED VERY ACCURATELY.
SO IN SOME WAYS, ALTHOUGH
LAUNCHED 30 YEARS AGO. SOME
PARTS OF IT ARE ACTUALLY ONLY
ABOUT 10 YEARS OLD. LAST HUBBLE
SERVICING MISSION WAS IN
2000, 9. AND SO IT’S KEPT THE
OBSERVATORY REALLY CURRENT AND
REALLY UP TO DATE ON STATE OF
THE
ART STILL. SO WE HOPE IT KEEPS
ON GOING. WE’LL KEEP USING IT
WILL OPEN TO THE NEXT DECADE OR
MORE. AND WE’RE GETTING READY
NEXT YEAR TO LAUNCH THE JAMES
WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE, WHICH IS
A FOLLOW-UP TO MOBILE. WE’RE
HOPING TO OPERATE THESE TUBES
ARE THE TORIES CONCURRENTLY.
THE SAME TIME FOR A WHILE AND
THEN THE RETIRED COUPLE
EVENTUALLY BUT I HOPE IT
LOOKING FOR THE 10 YEARS.
>> CANDACE: SHE WAS THAT SHE
WAS FASCINATING AS FAR AS
FUTURE PROJECTS. DOCTOR DOLLAR
SAYS HUBBLE WILL BE STANDING.
JUPITER’S
RED SPOT AND YOU CAN LOOK AT
HUBBLE IMAGES ANYTIME. YOU CAN
SEE DOZENS OF
LEARN ALL THE SCIENCE BEHIND
THEM. WE’VE POSTED A LINK IN
THAT WEB STORY ON CLICK
ORLANDO, DOT COM. BUT IT’S
FASCINATING WHEN SHE
TALKS ABOUT GALAXIES FORMING A
DYING. DID IT HAPPEN BEFORE I
LOVE IT. YEAH. IT’S JUST IT’S
VERY TRIP IF YOU THINK ABOUT
HOW THOSE LIKE