Hubble Space Telescope is in 'excellent technical condition' on its 35th birthday

 

Hubble Space Telescope is in 'excellent technical condition' on its 35th birthday
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The Hubble Space Telescope is celebrating its 35th anniversary in space today, but even as a senior citizen in the spacecraft population, it is showing no sign of slowing down. Launched in 1990 by NASA and operated jointly with the European Space Agency, the Hubble Space Telescope was a dream brought to reality. All of a sudden, scientists could harness a large, multi-purpose observatory operating in orbit, beyond the blurring effects of Earth's atmosphere. Now a household name, Hubble has had a hand in many of the most crucial astronomical discoveries of the past four decades.
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