Hubble Space Telescope 4-17-24

What was launched by the space shuttle Discovery in 1990?

• James Webb Space Telescope

• Hubble Space Telescope

• NASA's Perseverance rover

• New Horizons spacecraft

The Hubble Space Telescope's length is comparable to the length of a large _______.

• 3-storey building

• school bus

• tennis court

• football field

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The Hubble Space Telescope orbits about _____ miles above Earth.

• 500

• 332

• 132

• 22

The Hubble Space Telescope travels about _____ miles per second.

• 5

• 0.5

• 2.5

• 10.5

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

The Hubble Space Telescope was named after Edwin P. Hubble who was a German astronomer.

• True

• False

Who proved the existence of other galaxies and discovered the first evidence of an expanding universe?

• James Webb

• Edwin Hubble

• Stephen Hawking

• Neil Armstrong

The “Big Bang” theory says that the universe began with an intense burst of energy and has been expanding ever since.

• True

• False

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