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Teleconference on April 16, 2004
Wyoming Baltimore, Maryland

Baltimore, Maryland

Baggs, Little Snake River High School Basin-Riverside High School Casper College Cheyenne Wyoming Department of Education (hosting Saint Mary's Catholic School) Clearmont-Arvada High School

Cody High School Cokeville High School Encampment High School Lingle-Ft. Laramie High School Meeteetse High School Riverton High School Sheridan Wyoming Girls' School

Space Telescope Science Institute Baltimore, Maryland

Space Telescope Science Institute Baltimore, Maryland

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Space Telescope Science Institute Baltimore, Maryland

Space Telescope Science Institute Baltimore, Maryland

Hubble was built in the 1980s

Hubble's primary mirror

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Hubble was launched into Earth orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on April 24, 1990 Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS)

Question from Andrea Zuber:

Hubble was designed to be serviced in orbit by astronauts

HAS THE HUBBLE TELESCOPE TRAVELED A LIGHT YEAR YET?

Hubble servicing mission 1 in 1993

Hubble servicing mission 2 in 1997

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Hubble servicing mission 3A in 1999

Hubble servicing mission 3B in 2002

Columbia astronauts after SM3B

SM3B astronauts visit the Institute

WHAT WAS THE FIRST IMAGE TRANSMITTED FROM THE HUBBLE AND WHAT WAS THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE ROOM LIKE WITH THE SCIENTISTS WHEN THE IMAGE CAME BACK TO EARTH?

QUESTIONS FROM MR. FALLINS ADVANCED BIOLOGY CLASS: WHAT IS THE NEAREST PLANET THAT MAY BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN LIFE? WHAT CURRENT INVESTIGATIONS ARE UNDERWAY TO DISCOVER LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS?

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WHAT IS THE WINDOW CURTAIN STRUCTURE OF THE ORION NEBULA AND WHAT KEEPS THIS STRUCTURE SUSPENDED IN SPACE ?

Star birth

Questions from Justin Nation:

Questions from Andrea Zuber:

WHAT IS A GASEOUS PILLAR MADE OF? WHY DOES IT APPEAR TO SHOOT STRIAGHT UP? HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR A STAR TO FORM AND WHAT IS THE INITIAL MATERIAL THAT FORMS A NEW STAR? HAVE HUMANS BEEN ALIVE WHEN NEW STARS WERE FORMED OR ARE WE LOOKING AT THE LIGHT FROM BIRTHS MANY LIGHT YEARS AGO?

WHAT IS AN EMISSION NEBULA? WHAT IS THE NEAREST STAR FORMATION TO THE EARTH?

Question from Justin Nation:

HOW IS INTERSTELLAR DUST CREATED AND WHAT HAPPENS TO IT WHEN IT MEETS MORE DUST? DOES IT FORM NEW MATTER?

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Star death

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HOW DO WE CLASSIFY SUPER NOVA REMNANTS? HOW DO WE KNOW A SUPERNOVA REMONANT'S AGE? WHY ARE SPER NOVA REMANENTS IMPORTANT TO US? - OLIE MOSS

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QUESTION FROM MR. FALLINS ADVANCED BIOLOGY CLASS:

Question from Amber Miller: IN THE SOMBRERO GALAXY, WHAT IS THE BULGE?

HOW IS THE H.S.T. BEING USED TO INVESTIGATE THE BIG BANG THEORY?

IS IT OLDER OR YOUNGER THAN A SPIRAL GALAXY?

Question from Sean Schaub:

WHAT MAKES A BACKWARDS SPIRAL GALAXY GO BACKWARDS?

Question from Amanda Paniagua:

QUESTION FROM MR. FALLINS ADVANCED BIOLOGY CLASS: HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE A CARTWHEEL GALAXY TO GO BACK TO BEING A SPRIAL GALAXY, OR DOES THIS EVER HAPPEN?

HOW DOES THE DISCOVERY OF A 13 BILLION YEAR OLD GALAXY EFFECT THE DATING OF THE UNIVERSE?

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QUESTIONS FROM MR. FALLINS ADVANCED BIOLOGY CLASS: WHAT CURRENT INVESTIGATIONS ARE UNDERWAY TO DISCOVER LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS OR IN OTHER GALAXIES? WHAT SPACE CONDITIONS MIGHT INDICATE THE EXISTENCE OF LIFE?

Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence SETI

Max Mutchler mutchler@stsci.edu http://www.stsci.edu/~mutchler

Hubble Space Telescope http://www.hubblesite.com

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