Today, the Hubble Space Telescope celebrates thirty years in orbit! Hubble has given us an abundance of beautiful images, new perspectives, and ground-breaking data that will continue inspiring and informing us for decades to come. Five service missions later, this extraordinary telescope is still going strong!
“The Hubble Space Telescope has changed the way we think of space and our place in the universe,” Dr. Jennifer Wiseman narrates. “Hubble has refined our understanding of the age of the universe and its rate of expansion…” Click the links below to learn more about Hubble’s glorious contributions to astronomy!
Hubble Marks 30 Years in Space With Tapestry of Blazing Starbirth
- Image Credits: NASA, ESA and STScI