#1 Click this link to see 2009 News Photos page --> 10/20/2008

The Hubble Space Telescope is backdropped against black space. NASA engineers said they know how to fix the broken Hubble Space Telescope: They have to wake up a backup data handling system that hasn’t been turned on since the telescope launched in 1990. On Wednesday Oct. 15th, 2008 NASA started a complicated remote control fix of a major glitch that stopped the telescope from capturing and beaming down pictures, but a new round of problems has set back NASA’s effort to get the Hubble Space Telescope running again, space agency officials said Friday. Officials at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD, said it could take several days for engineers to find the source of the latest difficulties.

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#2 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 04/25/2018 #3

Today in Science History • In 1990, NASA’s space shuttle Discovery launched from Cape Canaveral with the Hubble Telescope aboard. The Hubble Telescope has made over 1.3 million observations since its mission began and transmits about 150 gigabits of raw science data every week.

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#3 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 04/23/2019 #1

Hubble telescope celebrates 29 years of mind blowing space pictures, Hubble flew into orbit on April 24th, 1990, aboard Discovery. The 1st major optical telescope to be placed in space, Hubble is currently located about 340 miles above Earth’s surface where it completes fifteen orbits per day —— one approximately every 95 minutes. The satellite moves at the speed of about five miles per second, fast enough to travel across the United States in about ten minutes.

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#4 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 12/25/2021 #16

In 1999, space shuttle Discovery’s astronauts finished their repair job on the Hubble Space Telescope and released it back into orbit. STS-103 #Hubble #NASA

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#5 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/24/2022 #11

In 1990, the space shuttle Discovery blasted off from Cape Canaveral, FL, carrying the $1.5 billion Hubble Space Telescope. #Hubble #SpaceShuttle

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#6 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/25/2022 #10

In 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was deployed in orbit from the space shuttle Discovery. (It was later discovered that the telescope’s primary mirror was flawed, requiring the installation of corrective components to achieve optimal focus.) #Hubble

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#7 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 06/05/2024 #3

Trouble with one of the Hubble Space Telescope’s three remaining gyroscopes, critical for aiming and locking onto targets, has prompted mission managers to switch to a backup control mode that will limit some observations, but keep the iconic observatory running well into the 2030s.

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