The Hubble Space Telescope (technically it is not a 'spacecraft') orbits at 559 km (347 miles) above the Earth, at a speed of 7,500 m/s (17,000 mph).
The Hubble Space Telescope was put into the orbit in 1990 and is still there up until today. It already had to be repaired five times and is expected to stay in the orbit until at least 2013.
First off, your question is contradictory. You cannot look at any object with a telescope and with your naked eye at the same time. Naked eye means that you are looking at the object without any visual aid. The Hubble Telescope is never pointed at Earth. The Earth is too bright from that height and that high intensity could damage the Telescope's cameras. For pictures of the Earth from space, you can look up some images from the ISS or the Space Shuttle.
It's up there now repairing the Hubble telescope
Hubble Space Telescope's Name:NASA named the world's first space-based optical telescope after American astronomer Edwin P. Hubble (1889-1953). Dr. Hubble confirmed an "expanding" universe, which provided the foundation for the Big Bang theory.Cool Fact:Scientists believe our universe began with a "big bang" some 13.7 billion years ago. If all the events in the history of the universe until now were squeezed into 24 hours, Earth wouldn't form until late afternoon and humans would have existed for only 2 seconds.Hubble Space Telescope's Mission:Launch: April 24, 1990 from space shuttle Discovery (STS-31)Deployment: April 25, 1990Mission Duration: Up to 20 yearsServicing Mission 1: December 1993Servicing Mission 2: February 1997Servicing Mission 3A: December 1999Servicing Mission 3B: February 2002Hubble Space Telescope's Size: Length: 43.5 ft (13.2 m)Weight: 24,500 lb (11,110 kg)Maximum Diameter: 14 ft (4.2 m)Hubble is nearly the size of a large school bus-but it can fit inside a space shuttle cargo bay.Cost at Launch:$1.5 billionSpaceflight Statistics:The Hubble Space Telescope whirls around Earth at a speed of 5 miles per second. If cars moved that fast, a coast-to-coast trip across the continental United States would take only 10 minutes. Orbit: At an altitude of 307 nautical miles (569 km, or 353 miles), inclined 28.5 degrees to the equator (low-Earth orbit)Who built the Hubble?Lyman Spitzer Jr. was the one who came up with the idea of "a space telescope". NASA liked the idea and soon funding was coming in from the government and universities. In 1990 the Hubble was completed and launched into orbit.
Definitely. Go to the related link below. There you can set up your location, and get predictions for visible passes of the ISS, the Hubble Space Telescope, comets, planets, and all kinds of stuff in the sky.
The focal point of all Hubble Space Telescope (HST) activities is the Space Telescope Operations Control Center (STOCC) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., where the orbiting observatory is managed.
The Hubble Space Telescope orbits the Earth about 350 miles up.
If they need to repair a telescope in space, they send up a manned space shuttle to manually repair it.
You can go to www.timeforkids.com/hubble P.S. Hubble is a space telescope.
Yes, that is the whole idea of putting a telescope up into space.
The Hubble Space Telescope was put into the orbit in 1990 and is still there up until today. It already had to be repaired five times and is expected to stay in the orbit until at least 2013.
The Hubble Space Telescope is still going strong and could stay up until 2018. However there are many uncertainties. A critical part could get hit by a space rock. A gyro etc. could fail. Congress could quit funding it.
No further maintenance or upgrade of the Hubble Space Telescope is planned following the last work on it during 2009. It's hoped that Hubble will hold together and continue in operation until the Webb Space Telescope is launched in 2014.
Takes pictures of space that man cant! It also observes the movement in space and lets people know what is going on up there with out even going up there!
The Hubble Space Telescope was flown into space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery, mission STS-31, on April 24, 1990. On the subsequent servicing mission, in December, 1993, flaws in the original optics were corrected.
The benefits for science have been that we have seen further into space than ever before, we have looked at stars close up, we have given ourselves a bright future thanks to this telescope. Thank you Hubble!!!!!!
First off, your question is contradictory. You cannot look at any object with a telescope and with your naked eye at the same time. Naked eye means that you are looking at the object without any visual aid. The Hubble Telescope is never pointed at Earth. The Earth is too bright from that height and that high intensity could damage the Telescope's cameras. For pictures of the Earth from space, you can look up some images from the ISS or the Space Shuttle.