| The Hubble Telescope is famous worldwide forits | | | | 2005to 2010. |
| amazing images of the universe. Congressin 1977 | | | | Hubble's mission in space is to explore the |
| voted to fund a project to construct the | | | | solarsystem, and measure the age and size of |
| Hubble. Completion of the telescope was in 1985. | | | | theuniverse. Hubble's giant telescope searches for |
| The Hubble was supposed to be launched a yearlater | | | | ourcosmic roots, and charts the evolution of the |
| but was delayed because of the 1986 Space | | | | universe. |
| Shuttle Challenger disaster. | | | | It also trys to unlock the mysteries of stars, |
| The Hubble Space Telescope was launched on April | | | | planets,galaxies, and life itself. |
| 25th, 1990 on the space shuttle. The giant telescope | | | | Achievements of the Hubble |
| Hubble sent back pictures from space that were | | | | NASA releases Orion Nebula images from the |
| outof focus. The giant mirror had a major flaw. It | | | | Hubblein June 1994 that confirms the births of planets |
| wastoo flat on one edge 1/50th of the width of a | | | | aroundnewborn stars in space. |
| singlehuman hair. | | | | In Nov. 1995 telescope images released by NASA of |
| The Space Shuttle Endeavor in December | | | | the |
| 1993captured and corrected the Hubble by adding | | | | "Eagle Nebula" showing where stars are born. |
| tothe telescope a camera to correct problems | | | | NASA releases the "Deep Field" images in Jan. 1996in |
| withthe Hubbles mirror. In February 1997 | | | | which Hubble looks back in time more than 10 |
| astronautsexchanged some of its instruments and | | | | billionyears. Revealing at least 1,500 galaxies at various |
| addednew blankets to keep Hubble warm. NASA | | | | stagesof development. |
| decidedon Oct. 1997 to extend its operations from | | | | New images of "Ant Nebula" in Feb. 2001. |