the Hubble Space Telescope was launched on the space shuttle Discovery from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 24, 1990. Since it orbits above the Earth, it can capture better cosmic images ...

But Hubble was designed to be serviced in orbit, and astronauts did just that during a space shuttle mission in December 1993. They fixed the mirror problem, giving Hubble the far-reaching 20/20 ...

all 24,000 pounds of the Hubble Space Telescope were tucked away inside the Discovery space shuttle when it launched into space. Thirty-five years later, NASA says Hubble has proven to have ...

The parts for a 1972 full-size space shuttle mockup are now about a city block closer to being reassembled and restored for display. The City of Downey, California began relocating "Inspiration." ...

When he was booked to go, however, Kardashian—who recalled seeing her parents cry in 1986 when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded—admitted that she was initially freaked out. “Jeff Bezos ...

In 1986, they touched up the mural and added additional scenes, such as a memorial to the astronauts who were killed when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after liftoff. East Los ...

The poem became well-known in modern times after US President Ronald Reagan quoted it following the deaths of all seven crew members of the space shuttle Challenger, which exploded in mid-air in 1986.

NASA made history with the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope aboard Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-31. The launch marked a pivotal moment in space exploration, ushering in a new era of ...

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