Hubble Space Telescope Timeline of Events

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Hubble Space Telescope

The Hubble Space Telescope is a space telescope that was carried into orbit by a Space Shuttle in 1990 and remains in operation. A 2.4 meter aperture telescope in low Earth orbit, Hubble's four main instruments observe in the near ultraviolet, visible, and near infrared...

Timeline of Events

1990

4.24.1990

STS-31: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched from the Space Shuttle ''Discovery''. thumb lifts off, carrying Hubble into orbit.]]

1997

2.11.1997

Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.

2001

11.27.2001

A hydrogen atmosphere is discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope, the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet.