Hubble Unveils the Universe

Hubble's 30 Years of Discoveries

Source:  Hubble

Space Missions Ahead

The Hubble Telescope has been 

exploring and discovering new

worlds in space for thirty

years.  It was deployed in

space on April 25, 1990.

More than anything else, it

has showed mankind the

Universe around us.

Early Years

The first few years of its

space tour of duty were

riddled with technical

problems, particularly with

its mirrors.  But new

technology and new cameras

were launched and deployed

by astronauts on Hubble.

Hubble Field

By 1994, it began its riskiest

and richest mission - the

Hubble Field.  For ten days

scientists used Hubble to

examine what seemed like a

dark spot in the Universe.

No signs of any brightness,

probably no stars.

What Hubble found were

thousands of distant stars and 

galaxies.  Those findings, 

back in 1994,

have forever changed our

view of the Universe, as

an immense world of

discovery.

What's Next for Hubble

Over the years, Hubble's

journeys have moved deeper

into space for wide field, 

celestial surveys like Hubble's

Ultra Deep and eXtreme Deep

Fields.  They've revealed 

very distant, deep in space

massive galaxy clusters.

With new instruments, Hubble's

future missions include WFIRST 

and LUVOIR which will take the 

spacecraft deeper and

deeper into space.  Hubble's legacy and

its future is to bring the Universe into

closer focus for all of us to

discover.