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Live From the Hubble Space Telescope

Live From the Hubble Space Telescope

Welcome to the mailbox which describes our current project, Live From the Hubble Space Telescope, which continues through April 1996.

This unprecedented opportunity allows students and educators to interact with leading astronomers as they make observations using the world's most powerful space telescope.

A half-hour video entitled "The Great Planet Debate" aired in November 1995, and introduced the first phase of the project, designed to reach a consensus about which planet to observe with the 3 Hubble orbits dedicated to Passport to Knowledge by the Space Telescope Science Institute.

Students, educators and astronomers across the globe participated via e-mail in November and December, 1995.

Together, they decided to allocate 2 orbits to Neptune and its giant storms, and 1 to little-known Pluto.

An archive of this discussion is available at our Web site, along with extensive and regularly updated background. Call back and check mailbox 5 for our Internet address and other information.

Two upcoming live programs are scheduled for broadcast by NASA- TV and many PBS stations and educational networks.

On Thursday March 14, 1996 at 13:00 Eastern, a live, one-hour interactive telecast, entitled "Making Your Observations", will link students to the Space Telescope Science Institute, to witness the acquisition of "their" data.

On Tuesday, April 23, 1996, at 13:00 Eastern, a second live interactive telecast, "Announcing Your Results," will enable students to interpret and understand their observations, now enhanced by image processing.

For more information about accessing the videos, live or on tape, call back and select mailbox 4.


For full information about ordering print materials, call back and select mailbox 3.

The second live broadcast closely follows National Astronomy Day (April 20, 1996) and falls during NSF's Science and Technology Week, whose theme is Design. We hope you agree that asking students to help design observations using the Hubble exemplifies cutting-edge science and an educational frontier!

Thank you for your interest in Passport to Knowledge. This mailbox is not accepting messages.

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