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Testing the Hubble Space Telescope , 1980s.
Testing the Hubble Space Telescope , 1980s. The telescope is shown being installed in an acoustic test cell. The Hubble Space Telescope (HST), was designed to see seven times further into space than had been possible before, without the distortion caused by the earth's atmosphere. HST is a reflecting telescope and its main mirror has a diameter of 2 1/2 meters. Work began in 1977 and HST was finally launched by Space Shuttle Discovery on 24 April 1990. Problems with its giant mirror meant that it did not initially work as well as expected. Corrective optics were installed in 1993, greatly improving the telescope's performance, enabling it to view the Universe in unprecedented detail.
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Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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1980s
20th century
acoustic test cell
Astronomy
color
concept
DECADE
EIGHTIES
experiment
Exploration
HST
Hubble Space Telescope
INNOVATION
JOB
Male
Man
Men
Mirror
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
OCCUPATION
Optical
ORBIT
Oxford Science Archive
People
Photograph
Print Collector1
PROFESSION
reflecting telescope
Science
Scientist
Space
Technology
Telescope