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The Story of the Hubble Telescope
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The Story of the Hubble Telescope
In 1990, the Discovery Space Shuttle, manned by five astronauts, officially launched and deployed the Hubble Telescope into space. The Hubble Telescope is a significant advancement in the history of humankind. It is a telescopic observatory in space which circles the earth 380 times a day, 375 miles above the Earth, and transmits daily astronomical data back to our planet. The Hubble Telescope is over 43 feet long, weighs an earthly poundage of eleven tons, and equipped with state-of-the-art optics and instruments which provide stunning views of our universe.
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