NASAHubble Space Telescope - 1990-037B
Hubble Space Telescope
35 years of unprecedented views of the cosmos from Earth orbit
PHASE 01
Launch (Discovery STS-31)
Apr 24, 1990 ✓
PHASE 02
Mirror fix (STS-61)
Dec 1993 ✓
PHASE 03
Servicing Mission 4
May 2009 ✓
PHASE 04 - ACTIVE
Extended operations
2009-present
- Telemetry
Hubble Space Telescope at a glance.
In orbit
35years
Orbit altitude
332mi
Observations
1.5M+
Status
Active
- Status
The eye that changed everything.
Hubble launched aboard Space Shuttle Discovery in 1990 and, after early issues with its primary mirror were corrected by astronauts in 1993, became one of the most productive scientific instruments in history. Across five servicing missions, it has captured iconic imagery - the Pillars of Creation, the Hubble Deep Field - and shaped modern cosmology.
Now operating well beyond its design life, Hubble continues to deliver new science alongside JWST.
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