launch delays, budget problems and a incorrect mirror
The Hubble Space Telescope was launched into orbit aboard NASA's space shuttle Discovery (mission STS-31) on April 24, 1990.The Hubble Space Telescope was originally meant to be launched in 1986, but the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger delayed the launch until April 24th 1990.The Hubble telescope is now seen as one of the most versatile telescopes in space. After it was launched in 1990, astronomers had a chance to change and improve the telescope through missions by astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle.
Hubble was launched 24 April 1990, at 8:33:51 EDT and achieved orbit that day. As of 24 February 2014, Hubble has been orbiting 23 years 10 months 1 day.
The Hubble space Telescope
The Hubble Telescope was launched into space in 1990. Nelson Mandela was also freed from prison in the year 1990.
43.5 feet long
The space shuttle Discovery launched the Hubble Telescope into space.
The Hubble space telescope.The name of the telescope launched into space in 1990 is Hubble Space Telescope.
The Hubble Space Telescope was launched into orbit by NASA's space shuttle Discovery on STS-31 on April 24, 1990.
The Hubble Space Telescope was launched in 1990 into space to take pictures the Earth and to relay them back to its ground crew. See the official Hubble Space Telescope website: http://hubblesite.org/ ~ Hexedgirl92
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Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope was launched in the cargo bay of a Space Shuttle that took off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, US.
The Hubble Space Telescope was launched in 1990. Its optics were corrected in 1993.
Edwin Hubble died in 1953. The space telescope named in his memory was launched in 1990.
The Hubble Space Telescope was launched into orbit on April 24, 1990. Hubble was funded in the 1970s with a proposed launch in 1983, but technical and budget problems delayed the launch for seven years.
The James Webb telescope.