Happy 25th birthday Hubble


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On 24 April, 1990, the space shuttle Discovery lifted off from Kennedy Space Centre in Florida carrying a very special cargo: 24,490lbs (11,110kg) of advanced optics, electronics, and antennas that made up the Hubble Space Telescope. The telescope has revolutionised our understanding of the universe, in part thanks to five servicing missions that added new capabilities. The skills and technologies developed in the process are now being used to build other, better 'scopes, both on Earth and outside our gravity well

 

Sauce..........

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The Hubble has brought many years of science enjoyment to my family. I can't wait for its predecessor to launch. We have so much more to learn, and the anticipation is killing me.

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