The launch of the Hubble Space Telescope in 1990 began a lengthy period of scientific work in space that has reached 30 years and is continuing as this study is being completed.
When Discovery carried the Hubble Space Telescope into space on 24 April 1990, there were many reminders of the history that had led to that event. The name most often mentioned that day other than Hubble was that of Galileo Galilei, the Italian astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher who is widely credited as the first person to point a telescope to the skies. Come and learn what the Hubble Telescope has done for mankind, astronomy and science.
