Art Resource - AR921480

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The Hubble Space Telescope orbiting the Earth, c1990s.

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Polishing the mirror of the Hubble Telescope, 1980s.

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Testing the Hubble Space Telescope , 1980s.

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The crew of Space Shuttle Mission STS-31, 1990.Artist: NASA

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Space Shuttle Orbiter mounted on top of a Boeing 747 carrier aircraft, 1977.

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Deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope, 1990.

Deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope, 1990. The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) was put into orbit from the Space Shuttle Discovery, mission STS-31 on 24 April 1990. HST, still in the grip of the shuttle's robot arm, is backdropped against Cuba and the Bahamas. HST was designed to see seven times further into space than had been possible before, without the distortion caused by the earth's atmosphere. 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.

Unique Identifier AR921480

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 3680px × 4649px

Photo Credit HIP / Art Resource, NY

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