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Happy 25 Years in Space, Hubble Space Telescope

Happy 25 Years in Space, Hubble Space Telescope

The Hubble Space Telescope was launched from Cape Canaveral on April 24, 1990. It was carried to orbit with STS-31, Discovery Space Shuttle. A UA instrument, NICMOS, with UA's Rodger Thompson as P.I.,was inserted into HST during Servicing Mission 2, in early 1997. The success of Hubble led the way to the upcoming 2018 launch of JWST, another mission with a major UA presence (and HERE and  HERE, too). The 25th anniversary is noted in this UANews press release and in this photo gallery in the Arizona Daily Star. The NASA press and image release can be found HERE. A NY Times photo set is found HERE, with an article HERE. Finally, an Apr 24 AzStar article is HERE. and to keep it going, here's a Sky&Telescope article that's a bit different from the rest.

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