Hubble Space Telescope

            Hubble space telescope was launched on April 24^th, 1990.  It was named after the great stargazer Edwin Hubble.  Its speed in orbit is 4.66 miles/second.  It has been serviced on 5 times before.  There are many every day instruments on this very famous telescope.  For example, there are very “advanced cameras for surveys. This may not be your everyday camera but it proves that somehow things were multiplied in size and put into space in a telescope. 

      Curiosity

            Curiosity is the Mars rover lowered to the surface of Mars by the ship Sky Crane.  Each part of the landing process had to be executed perfectly for the mission to succeed.  It weighs 2,000 pounds.  Curiosity is on a two year mission to drill into the surface of Mars and find if it can support any life.   The camera on this robot is at the top on which looks like the head of it.  Curiosity will take pictures of the barren world of Mars and send them back to earth.