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Space "Hubble Telescope Expands the Universe" US Half Dollar Commemorative Coin
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Coin Commemorates Hubble Telescope
Get a genuine US half dollar enhanced by Mystic to commemorate the Hubble Space Telescope and the man it was named after.
In the 1940s, Lyman Spitzer, Jr. wrote a paper suggesting a space observatory and spent the next 50 years promoting the idea. NASA approved the project in 1969, and Congress granted funding in 1977. Construction was delayed multiple times, but the Hubble Telescope was finally launched into space aboard the Discovery on April 24, 1990. The telescope was named after Edwin Hubble (1889-1953), who advanced the study of space, proving the existence of other galaxies outside of the Milky Way.
The Hubble Telescope is equipped with five scientific instruments: the Wide Field/Planetary Camera, the Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph, the Faint Object Camera, the Faint Object Spectrograph and the High Speed Photometer. The huge telescope can “see” the cosmos clearer than land-based telescopes because of its position above Earth’s image-distorting atmosphere. In fact, it’s said that the power is so strong – and the resolution so sharp – that it’s like seeing a pair of fireflies in Tokyo while standing in Maryland. Hubble has proven the existence of black holes, captured a comet’s collision with Jupiter, and taken the first images of Pluto and its satellite, Charon.
Add this coin to your existing space collection or start a brand-new collecting adventure. Order your Hubble Telescope coin today.
Coin Commemorates Hubble Telescope
Get a genuine US half dollar enhanced by Mystic to commemorate the Hubble Space Telescope and the man it was named after.
In the 1940s, Lyman Spitzer, Jr. wrote a paper suggesting a space observatory and spent the next 50 years promoting the idea. NASA approved the project in 1969, and Congress granted funding in 1977. Construction was delayed multiple times, but the Hubble Telescope was finally launched into space aboard the Discovery on April 24, 1990. The telescope was named after Edwin Hubble (1889-1953), who advanced the study of space, proving the existence of other galaxies outside of the Milky Way.
The Hubble Telescope is equipped with five scientific instruments: the Wide Field/Planetary Camera, the Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph, the Faint Object Camera, the Faint Object Spectrograph and the High Speed Photometer. The huge telescope can “see” the cosmos clearer than land-based telescopes because of its position above Earth’s image-distorting atmosphere. In fact, it’s said that the power is so strong – and the resolution so sharp – that it’s like seeing a pair of fireflies in Tokyo while standing in Maryland. Hubble has proven the existence of black holes, captured a comet’s collision with Jupiter, and taken the first images of Pluto and its satellite, Charon.
Add this coin to your existing space collection or start a brand-new collecting adventure. Order your Hubble Telescope coin today.
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