Chapter Notes

Chapter 1. A Telescope Bound for Space

1. Carolyn Collins Petersen and John C. Brandt, Hubble Vision: Astronomy With the Hubble Space Telescope (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995), p. 33.

2. Elaine Scott and Margaret Miller, Adventure in Space: The Flight to Fix the Hubble (New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 1995), p. 10.

3. Robert W. Smith, The Space Telescope: A Study of NASA, Science, Technology, and Politics (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989), pp. 245–246, 253–256.

4. Petersen and Brandt, p. 68.

5. Ibid., p. 3.

6. Ibid., pp. 2–3.

7. Ibid., pp. 3–5.

8. Jay Barbree and Martin Caidin, A Journey Through Time: Exploring the Universe With the Hubble Space Telescope (New York: Penguin Books, 1995), p. xii.

9. Rescue Mission in Space: The Hubble Space Telescope, NOVA Adventures in Science, 1994 (video).

Chapter 2. Hubble Trouble

1. Elaine Scott and Margaret Miller, Adventure in Space: The Flight to Fix the Hubble (New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 1995), p. 5.

2. Ibid., p. 13.

3. Rescue Mission in Space: The Hubble Space Telescope, NOVA Adventures in Science, 1994 (video).

4. Scott and Miller, p. 48.

5. NOVA video.

6. Scott and Miller, p. 51.

7. Ibid., pp. 52–53.

8. Ibid., p. 53.

9. Ibid.

10. NOVA video.

11. Jay Barbree and Martin Caidin, A Journey Through Time: Exploring the Universe With the Hubble Space Telescope (New York: Penguin Books, 1995), p. xiv.

12. Scott and Miller, p. 55.

13. NOVA video.

Chapter 3. Hubble’s Second Chance

1. Carolyn Collins Petersen and John C. Brandt, Hubble Vision: Astronomy With the Hubble Space Telescope (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995), pp. 43–44.

2. Jay Barbree and Martin Caidin, A Journey Through Time: Exploring the Universe With the Hubble Space Telescope (New York: Penguin Books, 1995), p. xix.

3. Ibid.

4. Rescue Mission in Space: The Hubble Space Telescope, NOVA Adventures in Science, 1994 (video).

Chapter 4. The Tip of the Iceberg

1. “Space Topics: Hubble Space Telescope Historical Timeline,” The Planetary Society, 2011, <http://www.planetary.org/explore/topics/hubble/history.html> (August 20, 2011).

2. “HST Publication Statistics,” The Multimission Archive at STScI, April 14, 2011, <http://archive.stsci.edu/hst/bibliography/pubstat.html> (August 20, 2011).

3. Neil deGrasse Tyson, “For the Love of Hubble,” Parade, June 22, 2008, <http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2008/edition_06-22-2008/1New_View_of_Space> (August 20, 2011).

4. Ibid.

5. Ibid.

6. “How Old Is the Universe?” WMAP Site, July 19, 2010, <http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/universe/uni_age.html> (August 20, 2011).

7. Malcolm W. Browne, “Image Is Believed to Be the First of a Planet Beyond Solar System,” The New York Times, May 29, 1998, p. A1.

8. “Starry-Eyed Hubble Celebrates 20 Years of Awe and Discovery,” Hubblesite, April 22, 2010, <http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2010/13/> (August 17, 2011).

9. “Timeline,” The Hubble European Space Agency Information Centre, 2011, <http://www.spacetelescope.org/about/history/timeline/> (August 21, 2011).

10. Mike Wall, “Oldest Galaxy: Hubble Telescope Detects Farthest, Oldest Galaxy Yet,” The Christian Science Monitor, January 26, 2011, <http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2011/0126/Oldest-galaxy-Hubble-telescope-detects-farthest-oldest-galaxy-yet> (August 21, 2011).

11. Dennis Overbye, “In Hubble’s Lens, Signs of a Galaxy Older and Farther Than Any Other,” The New York Times, January 26, 2011, <http://www.nytimes .com/2011/01/27/science/space/27galaxy.html> (August 21, 2011).

12. Ibid.

13. Ibid.