Hubble Space Telescope

space · telescope · astronomy

Launched in 1990. Hubble blasted into orbit around Earth in 1990 and is still working today, sending back amazing photos of stars and galaxies.

Flying high above us. It orbits in low Earth orbit, above the blurry atmosphere, so it can see space more clearly than telescopes on the ground.

Named after a scientist. It's named after astronomer Edwin Hubble, who helped prove that the universe is huge and growing.

One of the greats. Hubble is one of NASA's 'Great Observatories' and is famous as both a research tool and a star at making people love astronomy.

Teamwork on Earth. The Space Telescope Science Institute picks what Hubble looks at, while Goddard Space Flight Center steers the spacecraft.