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Traveling Hubble Space Telescope Exhibit Opens at INFINITY Science Center

Visitors walk through the Hubble Space Telescope traveling exhibit. An arch of images from the Hubble Space Telescope stretches across the image, from the lower-left, across the top, to the lower-right. People are standing under the arch admiring the images.
Visitors walk through the Hubble Traveling Exhibit at the INFINITY Science Center.
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Before NASA produced the James Webb Space Telescope as the largest and most powerful telescope, there was the Hubble Space Telescope, which has helped unlock secrets of the universe for more than 30 years.

As the Webb Space Telescope reveals more about the universe than ever before, it builds on the discoveries of Hubble, which continues its orbit around Earth. A new traveling exhibit unveiled on Feb. 11 at INFINITY Science Center, the official visitor center of NASA’s Stennis Space Center, helps visitors learn more about the operation and impact of both space-based observatories.

The Hubble Traveling Exhibit, a 2,200-square-foot exhibit, arrived at INFINITY on Feb. 10 and was unveiled to visitors during a Feb. 11 opening. The exhibit is designed to engage visitors in the “magnificence and mystery of the Hubble mission” and introduce them to the new Webb telescope. The exhibit compares the telescopes and highlights some of the key differences between them.

The attraction features a scale model of Hubble, along with several satellite units that provide viewers with a hands-on experience of the same technology that allows Hubble to gaze at distant galaxies and the universe. In addition to learning about the life and history of Hubble, visitors will understand more about the challenges Hubble faced following its launch in 1990 and the role astronauts played in ensuing years to repair and service the orbiting satellite.

The Hubble Traveling Exhibit can be experienced until Sept. 10 at the INFINITY Science Center, which is located in Pearlington, Mississippi, adjacent to NASA Stennis, and is open Sunday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Two visitors stand under an arch of Hubble Space Telescope images and admire views of the cosmos.
As part of the Hubble Traveling Exhibit, the tunnel is a path that surrounds visitors with a series of images from some of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope’s most fascinating discoveries. Visitors can view the Hubble exhibit at INFINITY Science Center, the official visitor center of NASA’s Stennis Space Center, until Sept. 10.
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A guest stands in front of a kiosk in the Hubble Space Telescope travelling exhibit. A large image of a spiral galaxy is backlit behind her.
A guest reads about NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope during a walkthrough of the Hubble Traveling Exhibit at INFINITY Science Center on Feb. 11. Visitors can view the exhibit at INFINITY, the official visitor center of NASA’s Stennis Space Center, until Sept. 10.
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A women looking at a digital display of the Hubble Sky Map.
A visitor looks at a Hubble Sky Map on Feb. 11 at INFINITY Science Center. The map is part of a Hubble Traveling Exhibit, on view at INFINITY Science Center, the official visitor center of NASA’s Stennis Space Center, until Sept. 10.
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A visitor center guest stands with his hands in two tubes, one with thermal insulation and one without, to understand how temperature is controlled on the spacecraft.
The interactive Hubble Traveling Exhibit features sections that highlight different aspects of Hubble, including a station showcasing the spacecraft’s equipment and the Hubble exhibit at INFINITY Science Center, the official visitor center of NASA’s Stennis Space Center, until Sept. 10.
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A Hubble team member explains the wavelengths of light to visitors at an interactive light station that is part of the Hubble traveling exhibit.
Maurice Henderson of the Hubble Space Telescope Project explains the wavelengths of light that the telescope observes with a traveling exhibit interactive light station at the INFINITY Science Center.
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Two women standing and talking to two NASA employees sitting at an exhibit table.
NASA Visitor Relations Specialists Holley Argus (seated, l) and Nick Middleton talk with visitors at INFINITY Science Center during the opening weekend of the Hubble Traveling Exhibit on Feb. 11. Visitors can view the Hubble exhibit at INFINITY Science Center, the official visitor center of NASA’s Stennis Space Center, until Sept. 10.
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Last Updated
Jun 21, 2024
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LaToya Dean
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