Hubble and its fellow observatories ... October 1986 launch was scrapped after the loss of the space shuttle Challenger. When the telescope finally became operational in 1990, it began to return ...

circa 1992: The Hubble Space Telescope leaving the cargo bay of a NASA space shuttle. The telescope ... [+] was originally launched in 1990 but docked with Endeavour for repairs to its main mirror ...

If nothing is done to re-boost it, the telescope will eventually fall into the atmosphere and burn up. Hubble was serviced on five occasions by astronauts in Nasa's space shuttle, the last time ...

Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope are at the dawn of a new ... added to Hubble in February 1997 by the crew of the Space Shuttle Discovery, we can literally peer light years beyond ...

On the first page, reporter Clark Kent, Superman’s alter ego, covers the launch of a new NASA satellite while onboard a space shuttle ... the real-life Hubble Space Telescope.

After all, the potential of doing damage to the telescope has always ... like NASA's Space Shuttle, which was used to service the Hubble five times between 1993 and 2009. Without an airlock ...

This amazing Lego Space Shuttle Discovery set is 20% off with a free Lego Insiders membership, and you can get a free gift ...

On this day in 1993, STS-61 lifted off for the first NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission, traveling a total of ...

The parallel development of the Space Shuttle and the space telescope, which would eventually be named after American astronomer Edwin Hubble, resulted in design decisions that would pay enormous ...

Today the Hubble Space Telescope - affectionately known as ... Astronauts carried out five servicing missions to Hubble using the space shuttle between 1993 and 2009 The team led by Greg Bacon ...