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November 14th, 2014

THE YOUNG CHRONICLE
The Space Story
galaxies in the universe.

What is NASA?

Take a look at the video on the Milky Way, on page 6. If you aren’t a
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HAPPY 25, HUBBLE!

Rambo was very curious about what
NASA stood for, because every time he
read about space, he came across this
word.
NASA stands for
National Aeronautics
and Space
Administration. NASA
is a United States
government agency
that is responsible for
science and technology
Space exploration started inrelated to air and space.
1957 with the
launch of the Russian satellite called
Sputnik. NASA was created in 1958. The
agency was created to oversee U.S. space
exploration and research.

If you look up in the sky, you sometimes see many stars.
But many times, you can only see a few. That’s because
when you look at stars from the Earth, you have to look
through the thick, warm and slightly polluted atmosphere.
Which is why Scientists have installed a telescope right

What’s Beyond Our Solar System?
After understanding what NASA Does, Rambo and
Pranks our two very curious kids, were keen to know
what’s beyond the 8 planets in our Solar System. To
this mumma told them that there were many more
Suns, which had a system of planets
revolving around them. So there were
many Solar
Systems in

outside the Earth’s atmosphere, which takes a picture of the
universe in much greater detail. A telescope helps see things
that are very very far away.
What is the Hubble Space Telescope?
The Hubble Space Telescope is a large telescope in space. It
was launched on 24th April 1990, and will complete 25 years
next year. Preparations have in fact started and a model of
the telescope has been put up in New York for interested

Did you know that
Earth is a part of
the Milky Way Galaxy

people to see.
The Hubble telescope takes pictures of planets, stars and
galaxies. Hubble has seen the birth and death of stars. Yes,

the Universe. Millions of solar systems
together made galaxies, and there
were millions

I am enjoying this, but
why are we talking about
Space in this issue?

stars also die (but more on that later). The Hubble has seen

of

galaxies that are extremely far away.
The Hubble is named after an astronomer, Edwin P. Hubble.
He made important discoveries in the early 1900s. He found
many galaxies in the universe.
To read the ‘FUN FACTS’ related to the Hubble Telescope, go to Page

Because preparations for
the 25th Anniversary of
the Hubble Telescope
have started.

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