Hubble Space Telescope

The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a joint NASA/ESA spacecraft designed to perform observations in the visible, near-ultraviolet, and near-infrared spectrums.

Hubble Space Telescope was launched aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in April 1990.

Hubble Space Telescope was named for U.S. astronomer Edwin Hubble (1889–1953).

A manufacturing fault in HST’s main mirror and problems with the solar panels meant that the spacecraft had to be repaired and upgraded by astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in December 1993.

Hubble Space Telescope was designed to be easily upgraded. There have been four Space Shuttle missions to date, during which HST instruments have been replaced with newer and better versions.

The spacecraft has made more than 330,000 observations of more than 25.000 astronomical targets to date.

Hubble Space Telescope has revolutionized astronomers understanding of the universe by providing images of processes, such as star formation, that were previously unobtainable.

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Hubble Telescope Pictures