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The Hubble Space Telescope (HST or Hubble) is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remains in operation. It was not the first space telescope , but it is one of the largest and most versatile, renowned as a vital research tool and as a public relations boon for astronomy .
The second mission in the Polaris Program will launch via a Falcon 9 Block 5 vehicle with a Crew Dragon capsule. SpaceX and Polaris had studied a crewed mission to lift the Hubble Space Telescope into a higher orbit to prevent it from burning up in the atmosphere, [4] [5] but this option was rejected by NASA in June 2024. [6]
Musgrave being raised to the top of Hubble by Canadarm, as it sits in Endeavour ' s payload bay. STS-61 was NASA's first Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission, and the fifth flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. The mission launched on December 2, 1993, from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida.
The $10 billion telescope is fueled up and set for launch on December 22nd. Project astrophysicist Amber Straughn explained why the Hubble telescope’s new replacement is so important.
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope recently captured a breathtaking image of the spiral galaxy NGC 2566. Astronomers use detailed Hubble images to study star clusters and active star-forming regions.
Space Shuttle Discovery: Kennedy LC-39B: STS-31: NASA Low Earth HST deployment: 29 April 13:49: Successful / Hubble Space Telescope: NASA/ESA: Low Earth Space Telescope: In orbit: Operational Crewed orbital flight with 5 astronauts 25 April 13:00 Kosmos-3M Plesetsk Site 132/2 Kosmos 2075 Low Earth Target: 20 February 1992: Successful 26 April ...
STS-82 was the 22nd flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery and the 82nd mission of the Space Shuttle program.It was NASA's second mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope, during which Discovery's crew repaired and upgraded the telescope's scientific instruments, increasing its research capabilities.
Covey maneuvered Endeavour within 9.1 m (30 ft) of the free-flying HST before mission specialist Claude Nicollier used Endeavour ' s robot arm to grapple the telescope at 08:48 UTC, when the orbiter was several hundred kilometers east of Australia over the south Pacific Ocean. Nicollier berthed the telescope in the shuttle's cargo bay at 09:26 UTC.