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30 years ago, NASA sent the Hubble telescope into orbit. It has always provided spectacular images of our universe. For the anniversary, the US space agency. USA It has presented a special feature.
The universe: infinite distances that the famous Hubble telescope can only cover up to a certain distance. And yet the images from its sophisticated cameras are among the most spectacular of what is sent to Earth from space. Supernovae, nebulae, and distant galaxies form fascinating compositions in NASA photographs that look almost as if they were designed by an artist.
Just in time for the thirtieth anniversary of the Hubble Telescope, which launched into orbit on April 24, 1990, NASA has unveiled something very special, also because most of the planned celebrations have to be canceled due to the corona crisis. . On a website of the US space agency. In the USA, users can enter their date of birth and then get an image that was taken that day.
NASA landmarks
60 years of NASA: milestones of the American space agency
The “National Aeronautics and Space Administration” was founded in 1958 as a United States federal civilian agency for space and flight science. With around 17,000 employees, NASA also functions as a major research station in climate science and geoscience, but it has moved into the collective memory of humanity through its attempts to walk in space. We show key moments from the US space agency in this gallery.
A declared long-range goal for NASA, based in Washington D.C. it is a manned flight to Mars, possibly with the developing Orion spacecraft. It is currently unclear whether private investors could get ahead of the state institution. In any case, this graph remains a dream of the future.
As part of the New Frontiers program, NASA is investigating our solar system with space probes. The “New Horizons” took off in January 2006 to explore Pluto and its moon Charon, as well as the Kuipoer belt. In January 2019, the probe was supposed to reach the 2014 transneptune celestial body MU69.
A “selfie” by the Mars Curiosity rover in Aeolis Mons on the planet closest to the planet in August 2015. Three years earlier, the probe had landed on Mars. Since then, Curiosity has covered a good 12 kilometers and provided sharp images of the lifeless surface of the Red Planet.
The Juno solar-powered probe was launched in August 2011 and entered orbit around Jupiter in July 2016. It explores the gaseous planet from a polar orbit.
What cannot (yet) be achieved with probes is visible to us through the Hubble Space Telescope, such as the pair of antenna galaxies in the Rabe constellation, which are about 70 million light-years away. The satellite orbiting Earth is visible to the naked eye, but not from Switzerland because it does not rise above the horizon.
In 2021, the developing James Webb Space Telescope could succeed Hubble. The much more powerful telescope is a joint project of NASA, ESA and the Canadian space agency CSA.
NASA also provides data on environmentally relevant processes on Earth and measures, for example, the size of the ozone hole over Antarctica …
… or global light pollution.
Together with other space agencies, NASA began construction of the International Space Station (ISS) in 1998. The ISS has been permanently inhabited by astronauts since November 2000. The station, which circles the earth at a height of between 370 and 460 kilometers, is constantly expanding and improving.
Through fatal accidents, NASA has experienced serious setbacks throughout its history. So the entire crew of seven on the Columbia space shuttle died …
… when the space shuttle parted on February 1, 2003 after a two-week mission to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere.
NASA’s “Apollo 11” mission was burned deep into human memory. On July 16, 1969, the space capsule was launched at the tip of the Saturn V launcher from Cape Canaveral in Florida …
… and brought three American astronauts to the moon. The first person on Earth’s satellite was Neil Armstrong on July 21, who photographs his colleague Buzz Aldrin here.
The first person that NASA was able to bring into space was Alan Shepard. After a 15-minute suborbital flight, it safely reached the Earth’s surface on May 5, 1961. However, Soviet Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was the first person in space to proceed with NASA’s orbit. April 12, 1961.
However, the charming campaign has a small drop of bitterness: the selected photo was not (necessarily) taken in the year of birth, but only on one of the birthdays of previous years. Anyone born after 1990 could be lucky. In any case, the image turns out to be impressive.
Photos of the day
A curious giraffe looks at itself in the Bioparque Estrella in Mexico. exactly a drone After Safari Park had to close its doors due to the coronavirus pandemic, it has now started selling half-price pre-sale tickets to raise money to feed its animals.
Mood of Doom: In Dharmsala, India, lightning flashes from a rain cloud that looms over a township.
Back: at Hueneme beach in the USA. UU., Visitors to the beach can return to the sea. Despite the large amount of infected crown, many beaches are open. However, the decisions remain controversial.
Flooded: In the middle of the Chinese part of the Gobi desert, a nursery is operated using treated water from a reservoir. Around 400,000 seedlings have been planted in the arid landscape since 2017.
An egg dance: in Friedrichshafen, a swan turns one of its eight eggs in its nest on the shores of Lake Constance before sitting down and meditating.
The discovery of slowness: Palestinian men sit on the scaffolding of a car leaning on a horse-drawn carriage.
Flying is no more pleasant either: the access road to Hamburg airport is excellent for walking. Regular flight operations came to a complete halt due to the crown pandemic.
A man carries his belongings to a safe place since a fire in a poor neighborhood in Manila.
Celebrate in Crown times: a young woman clinking with her grandparents on the border between France and Switzerland.
This raccoon has repeatedly turned off the church bells in the German city of Löwenhagen by turning the lever on the system’s power switch. The animal may remain in the attic of the Protestant church in the future; however, a tangle of cables is now being built around the lever.
There is always a selfie there: well masked, two women pose for a souvenir photo in Havana, Cuba.
United Forces: An automatic rickshaw is pushed through flooding in the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Heavy rains had caused severe flooding here.
Thumbs up! 99-year-old war veteran Tom Moore shows his thumbs up. The Briton has made nearly 100 laps with his walker through his garden, raising more than £ 13 million for the NHS.
The corona virus may not affect dogs, but this message on the wall of a house in Paris does: «Warning dogs! This wall is infected with the yellow urine virus.
There was a fire in a ship warehouse in Hamburg-Moorfleet. Several boats, campers, and campers were stripped of the flames. The fire brigade moved with about 70 forces, but initially had difficulty reaching the fire. Between 20 and 30 people were found at the site. What they had lost here initially was unclear.
In the English town of Backwell, you can admire the two-tone bloom of the “strawberry and cream tree.” The tree, planted as early as the late 1950s, has now been placed under protection. It is a native white flowering cherry in which a Japanese carnation cherry has been grafted.
Business as always: NATO continues to practice in Crown times. Canadian infantrymen gather without face mask and distance command as part of the “Steel Brawler” maneuver at the Mza Mackevici military training area in Latvia.
The street has never been cleaner: cleaning workers in Peru disinfect a street in Arequipa in the fight against the coronavirus.
Go for a dangerous walk: in Naples, a man and his dog pass the installation “Wolves to Come” by the Chinese sculptor Liu Ruowang.
Cozy house: Two young squirrels look out from their home in Überlingen on Lake Constance, at a gnarled old tree next to the road.
Iron coffin: Six years after the sinking of the South Korean ferry “Sewol”, the shipwreck, which was lifted in 2017, is still in the port of Mokpo. 299 people died in the accident, five are still missing.
During a visit to the Giessen University Hospital, the German Minister of Health, Jens Spahn (left) and the Prime Minister of Hesse, Volker Bouffier (center) and their colleagues push each other into an elevator. For not complying with applicable distance rules, there was criticism after the photo was posted on Twitter.
The Nazis defeated, and now the virus: the 99-year-old veteran of World War I, Ermando Armelindo Piveta, is released from the army hospital in Brasilia. The oldest Brazilian to date who has recovered from a coronavirus infection said, “For me, winning this battle was bigger than winning it in war.”
“You and I, and no one else, can hit as hard as life!” In Philadelphia, the statue of “Rocky Balboa” also adheres to the wisdom of the movie hero and is accordingly prepared for the crown crisis.
Fishing Boat Floods: On the beach near Mumbai, India, countless fishing boats sway in the water due to applicable blocking regulations.
Kowtow: Men bow to the statues of Kim Il Sung (left) and Kim Jong Il at the great Mansudae monument in Pyongyang on the occasion of the 108th birthday of Sung, the founder of the state of North Korea.
Mysterious find in the garden: British John Brayshaw discovered a 1950s Ford Popular with engine and control signs while working on his property in Heckmondwike. Now he’s trying to find out who buried the car here, and especially why.
Purchase Affection: At St. James’s Park in London, a man whistles from a distance and feeds a gray squirrel his way.
Salvador: During the Easter service, a medical gown was projected onto the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Shot down: A police bus in Frankfurt am Main collided with the car of a 73-year-old man and was seriously affected.
Applause for medical personnel in the fight against the coronavirus. Since mid-March, people in Spain have only been allowed to go shopping and in special cases.
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