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Space ExplorationThe Hubble Space Telescope
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The Hubble Space Telescope was carried into orbit by the space shuttle Discovery in April 1990
It is named after the American astronomer Edwin Powell Hubble.
Hubble is one of the largest space telescopes every made.
The telescope's primary mirror (2.4 m diameter) being hoisted up.
Diagram of optical telescope assembly (middle). Shuttle deploying Hubble - shown step by step (around).
1990 Hubble fully deployed in orbit sun shining through.
Hubble has been taking pictures and sending them back to earth for almost 20 years.
First images from Hubble.
April 1990
Galactic Black Hole with Optical Jet October 4, 1990
Monitoring changes on Mars December 13, 1990
A major storm on Saturn January 17, 1991
First true-color photograph of Jupiter from the Wide Field Planetary Camera on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope October 11, 1991
Hubble Fellowship Program selected talented young astronauts to study Hubble discoveries.
January 1992
Astronomers report they have found new evidence that a black hole weighing 3 million times the mass of the Sun exists at the center of the nearby elliptical galaxy M32, based on images obtained with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope April 1992
Hubble finds one of the smallest stars in the universe located 25 light-years away in the constellation Hercules. December 24, 1994.
Hubble's Close-Up View of a Shock Wave from
a Stellar Explosion February 20, 1995
Hubble Probes the Workings of a Stellar Hydrogen Bomb
May 22,
1995
Supernova Blast Begins Taking Shape January 14, 1997
Refurbishing Hubble February 1997
Hubble Identifies What May Be the Most Luminous Star Known
October 18, 1997
Great Balls of Fire! Hubble Sees Bright Knots Ejected From Brilliant Star November 5, 1998
Hubble reveals suspected protoplanet may really be a distant star
November 5, 1998
Magnetic Fields Weave Rings Around Stars
July 12, 2001
Servicing Mission DiscoveryDecember 1999
Servicing Mission Columbia March 2002
Oldest Known Planet Identified July 10,
2003
Four hundred years ago, sky watchers were startled by the
sudden appearance of a "new star" in the
western sky, rivaling the
brilliance of the nearby planets.
October 4, 2004
Astronauts working on Hubble
Nov 17, 2004
A Giant Hubble Mosaic of the Crab Nebula
December 1, 2005
Hubble Sees Faintest Stars in a Globular Cluster
August 17, 2006
A String of 'Cosmic Pearls' Surrounds an Exploding Star
February 22, 2007
Hubble Sees Stars and a Stripe in Celestial Fireworks
July 1, 2008
Hubble Finds Stars That 'Go Ballistic' Jan 7,
2009
The Final Servicing Mission for Hubble which should keep Hubble operational until 2014 when a new space telescope will take it’s place. March 2009