Hubble_Telescope

** Hubble Telescope Websites **
The Space Shuttle Atlantis is taking off to make repairs to the Hubble Telescope. I put together a list of sites to learn about the Hubble Telescope. The list contains interactive sites, photo galleries and slideshows.

__ **Chat Live with one of the Astronauts** __
You can follow Twitter updates from one of the Astronauts. You can follow @ [|Astro_Mike] on [|twitter] to witness the first real Twitter update from outer space. Mike Massimino will be twittering from space. If the timing is right you may be able to chat live.

**__ Hubble Telescope Websites __**

 * NASA TV - Watch the shuttle and listen to the Astronauts converse with NASA live on NASA TV. []**New**
 * Slide Show from the Wall Street Journal - Shuttle Atlantis Captures the Hubble [] -**NEW**

· TIME Magazine has a slideshow giving [|A Brief History of The Hubble Space Telescope]. · NASA has an interactive site that shows the [|repairs that will be made to the telescope]by Shuttle astronauts. · Here’s a [|presentation by the St. Petersburg Times]on the repairs. · The New York Times also has [|a similar feature]. · Here is a [|collection of amazing photos]taken by the Hubble Telescope. · [|Hubble’s Greatest Hits] is a slideshow from MSNBC. · [|Snapshots From Hubble] is a slideshow from The New York Times. · [|A View of the Edge of The Universe] is a CNN slideshow of images taken by the Hubble. · [|Preparing to Rescue Hubble] is from the Boston Globe’s Big Picture. · [|Hubble’s Highs and Lows] is a slideshow from MSNBC. · [|2009: A Hubble Space Odyssey] is a video from CBS News. · The CBBC Newsround has an accessible explanation of [|The Mission to Fix Telescope].

**September 2009**
- Resources for teaching about the current space programs.

NASA TV - [] – Live Nasa TV - Watch live interaction with astronauts on missions. NASA Multimedia - [] - Nasa Multimedia. this is a hub for images, video and audio from Nasa NASA Projects - [|http://quest.arc.nasa.gov] - Nasa Projects - This page has a host of projects for all disciplines that relate to current nasa initiatives. Grades k-12 International Space Station News - [] - International Space station News – Th is site is dedicated to updates regarding the international space station. Information about the international space station: []

__Discovery Mission__
Current Discovery Shuttle Mission - [] - This is the main page for the current discovery space shuttle mission from Nasa. (Sept 2009) Educator Resource Page for the Current Discovery Mission [] - This link is the educator resource page for the current discovery mission. There are a lot of resources here.

**__Criticisms of the Space Shuttle Program__**
Criticisms of the Space Shuttle Program - [] This is a wikipedia entry. Please also scroll to the bottom of the entry for a list of references. [] - Facts and history of the space shuttles.