Handprints on Hubble: An Astronaut's Story of Invention
(Part of the Lemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation Series)
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The first American woman to walk in space recounts her experience as part of the team that launched, rescued, repaired, and maintained the Hubble Space Telescope. The Hubble Space Telescope has revolutionized our understanding of the universe. It has, among many other achievements, revealed thousands of galaxies in what seemed to be empty patches of sky; transformed our knowledge of black holes; found dwarf planets with moons orbiting other...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0262043181
ISBN13:9780262043182
Release Date:November 2019
Publisher:MIT Press
Length:304 Pages
Weight:1.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"
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