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What was the first picture taken with the Hubble telescope?
The moment the Hubble Space Telescope settled into its prescribed orbit high above the Earth in the spring of 1990, the ...
Who was the first space traveler?
The honor of becoming the first human to venture into outer space belongs to a citizen of the Soviet Union, **Yuri Aleks...
What was the very first food eaten in space?
The very first time a human being consumed a prepared meal while orbiting the Earth marks a small but significant milest...
Who was the first person to find a nebula?
The night sky, to the naked eye, presents a collection of sharp, distinct points of light we call stars. Yet, even befor...
Why do you think that the Galilean moons were the first objects to be discovered?
The realization that Jupiter possessed its own orbiting retinue of satellites fundamentally changed humanity's view of t...
What was wrong with the Hubble Space Telescope when it was first launched?
The initial deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope in April 1990 was greeted with immense global anticipation, but tha...
Who witnessed the first supernova?
The moment a star dies in a violent, brilliant explosion marks one of the universe's most dramatic events, a supernova. ...
Who was the first to see the dark side of the moon?
The familiar, cratered face of the Moon that hangs in our night sky is only half the story. For millennia, the other hem...