HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE

Today is the 15th anniversary of the launching of the Hubble Space Telescope, a cooperative effort of NASA and the European Space Agency. Although it has had various problems over the years, the spectacular pictures sent back to earth have been worth it all. How does the telescope do it? An explanation can be found on How Stuff Works. There has been much speculation recently that the Hubble be allowed to "die"; the Save the Hubble site has information on the efforts to prevent this from happening.

The Elk Grove Library has several books on the Hubble Space Telescope in both Adult and Youth Services. Three of these are:

Gems of Hubble (520 MIT) by Jacqueline Mitton and Stephen P. Maran (1996)
Visions of Heaven: The Mysteries of the Universe Revealed by the Hubble Space Telescope (522.2919 WIL) by Tom Wilkie and Mark Rosselli (1998)
Hubble Vision: Astronomy with the Hubble Space Telescope (522.2919 PET) by Carolyn Collins Peterson and John C. Brandt (1995)

[Youth Services will be closed this week for re-carpeting--possibly through Friday.]