Lyman Spitzer1946
The history of the Hubble Space Telescope can be traced back to 1946, when the astronomer Lyman Spitzer writes the paper "Astronomical advantages of an extraterrestrial observatory"
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The history of the Hubble Space Telescope can be traced back to 1946, when the astronomer Lyman Spitzer writes the paper "Astronomical advantages of an extraterrestrial observatory"
In a report by the United States National Academy of Sciences recommends the development of a space telescope as part of the space program
Spitzer is appointed as head of a committee given the task of defining the scientific objectives for a large space telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) also known colloquially as "the Hubble" or just "Hubble", is a space telescope that is carried into orbit by the Space Shuttle Discovery, named for the American astronomer Edwin Hubble
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