All About Hubble Space Telescope

The Hubble Space Telescope, science’s most important telescope, was launched on April 24th, 1990 and remains in orbit today. The idea came from Lyman Spitzer in 1946, who wrote a paper discussing the benefits of an orbital telescope. Eventually, funding for the Hubble Telescope was approved in 1978. In the early 1980s the telescope was named after Edwin Hubble, who was the first man to illustrate the expansion of the universe.

Almost immediately after its launch the Hubble images began to produce picture of poor quality. It was discovered that a problem with the mirror design was preventing clear, accurate images. After researching the problem, NASA sent a service mission to repair the problem, and officially resolved on January 13, 1994. planets. With the capability to look 13 billion years into the past, the Hubble Ultra Deep Field gives us the deepest images of space. Discover more about Hubble and find Hubble pics by clicking on the images. Find additional information in our library of articles and interactive features below.