Launch of the Hubble Space Telescope
April 24, 1990 · Kennedy Space Center, Florida
NASA launched the Hubble Space Telescope on the Space Shuttle Discovery. After a repair mission fixed its mirror in 1993, it transformed astronomy, from the age of the universe to distant galaxies.
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Launch of the Hubble Space Telescope