Astronauts Steven Smith and John Grunsfeld, appear as small figures in this wide-angle photograph from December 1999, taken ...

The Hubble Space Telescope was launched aboard the shuttle ... NASA would go on to launch four more servicing missions, installing new, state-of-the-art instruments and replacing aging components ...

Related: The Hubble Telescope is in 'excellent technical condition ... "The science case is even stronger for Hubble now, 35 years after launch, because we have the James Webb observatory ...

The Hubble Space Telescope’s mission An iconic household name, the Hubble Space Telescope serves as an observatory in space, capturing images of the universe and observing in visible ...

In the 35 years since the Hubble Space Telescope flew to space, it has taken pictures of comets, merging galaxies, planets, supernova remnants, and more. The first-of-its-kind telescope — a ...

Thirty-five years ago today a revolutionary new era of astronomy began when the Hubble Space Telescope, tucked onboard the space shuttle Discovery, blasted off Earth into history. The next day a ...

The Hubble Space Telescope is a masterwork of engineering ... STS-31 was Discovery's 10th launch, and it was the 35th space shuttle mission overall. One day after reaching orbit (April 25 ...

For the past decade, scientists have been trying to get to the bottom of what seemed like a major inconsistency in the ...

Check out these star snaps. As the Hubble Space Telescope celebrates the 35th anniversary of its launch into orbit, NASA has released brand new high-definition photos taken with the technological ...

Thirty-five years ago today a revolutionary new era of astronomy began when the Hubble Space Telescope, tucked onboard the space shuttle Discovery, blasted off Earth into history. The next day a ...