15 Photos and Facts About the Hubble Telescope

Explore 15 photos and facts about the Hubble Telescope, revealing its discoveries, missions, and breathtaking views of space.
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Hubble-repair flight to launch on May 11

NASA has chosen May 11 as the launch date for its last repair mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, not seen up close for seven years. Space shuttle Atlantis is set to blast off then on an 11-day ...
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Eminence Native and Former NASA Astronaut Tom Akers Inducted into U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame

Eminence native and former NASA astronaut Tom Akers, a veteran of four shuttle flights and the 1993 Hubble repair, has been inducted into the U.S. Astronaut ...

They fixed Hubble telescope: Pair of shuttle-era astronauts enter U.S. hall of fame

NASA astronauts Tom Akers and Joe Tanner, both four-time space shuttle veterans, and two of the few people to ever touch the Hubble telescope in space, were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of ...