LONDON: Hubble Space telescope is going to celebrate its 25th anniversary. On April 24, 1990, the space shuttle Discovery lifted off from Earth with the Hubble Space Telescope nestled securely in its bay.
The following day, Hubble was released into space, ready to peer into the vast unknown.
Since then, Hubble has reinvigorated and reshaped our perception of the cosmos and uncovered a universe where almost anything seems possible within the laws of physics.
Hubble has revealed properties of space and time that for most of human history were only probed in the imaginations of scientists and philosophers alike.
Today, Hubble continues to provide views of cosmic wonders never before seen and is at the forefront of many new discoveries.
Shortly after Hubble was deployed in 1990, the observatory’s primary mirror was discovered to have a flaw that affected the clarity of the telescope’s early images.
