NASA launched Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-125, the fifth and final servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.

Thirty-five years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched into orbit. It's been sending back galactic data and images ever since.

NASA funding started in the 1970s, before the space shuttle became operational. After numerous technical delays, not to mention those caused by the Challenger disaster, the space shuttle Discovery ...

On May 18, 2025, Lego will release the new Shuttle Carrier Aircraft kit that celebrates the storied space shuttle Enterprise and the Boeing 747 that carried it on test flights and a goodwill tour.

John Grunsfeld has a model of the Hubble Space Telescope on his bookshelf ... That final mission was the STS-125 servicing flight on the shuttle Atlantis, which NASA thought would give Hubble ...

1/7 The Space Shuttle Enterprise debuted in 1976 and was used by NASA to perform atmospheric test flights after being launched from atop a specially modified Boeing 747. It lacked engines and a ...

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 ...

Space shuttle Atlantis launched on May 11, 2009, carrying two new instruments for the space telescope: the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) and Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). When astronauts ...

Hubble maintenance and legacy Throughout her career, de Groh was fortunate enough to have worked in different capacities on all five of the Space Shuttle Hubble Space Telescope service missions.