In tribute to Hubble's longest-running optical camera, a planetary nebula has been imaged as WFPC2's final "pretty picture."
Hubble's Next Discovery
The Votes are In!
The voting closed on March 1. The winner is Interacting Galaxies: Arp 274.
Astronauts Upgrade Hubble
STS-125: Atlantis
Images, videos and an interactive feature on the historic mission.
Featured Stories
Hubble Photographs Nebula to Honor Retiring of Camera
Refined Hubble Constant Narrows in on Dark Energy
Whatever dark energy is, explanations for it have less wiggle room following a Hubble Space Telescope observation.
Dwarf Galaxy Starbursts: A Global Affair
Starbursts light up regions of space for a short time before winking out. But these fleeting stellar fireworks displays are only pieces of the story.
Mission News
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Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 is Prepared for Shipping
Program technicians prepare the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC 2) for shipment back to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
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Hubble Space Telescope Status Report
On June 22, at 12:21 PM EDT, the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) aboard Hubble temporarily suspended operations when an optical mechanism movement failed to reach its intended destination. The HST team quickly identified the root cause which required a minor update to the COS flight software.
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Hubble Space Telescope Status Report
Following a meeting with the SI C&DH Anomaly Review Board at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center on June 19, the HST Program approved a plan to bring the science instruments out of safe hold.
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Hubble Space Telescope Status Report
The newly installed Science Instrument Command and Data Handler (SI C&DH) experienced an anomaly on June 15. Engineers performed a successful power cycle succeeded on the SI C&DH and each science instrument was commanded into its safe mode by HST's flight controllers.
Servicing Mission Feature Series
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The Hubble Space Telescope Observing Program
Unlike on many previous NASA space science missions, anyone can apply for observing time on the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Improving Hubble’s Space Armor
When astronauts return to Hubble for Servicing Mission 4 in 2009, they will be revamping and reenergizing the telescope for the final leg of its journey. One of the tasks they aim to complete is the installation of New Outer Blanket Layers, or NOBLs.
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Hubble Instruments Slated for On-Orbit 'Surgery'
When astronauts visit the Hubble Space Telescope in 2009 for its final servicing mission, they will be facing a task that has no precedence – performing on-orbit 'surgery' on two ailing science instruments that reside inside the telescope.
World Book at NASA
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Edwin P. Hubble
The work of American astronomer Edwin Powell Hubble revolutionized our understanding of the size and structure of the universe.
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Hubble Accomplishments
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Age of the Universe →
Thanks in part to the Hubble Space Telescope, we know the universe is 13.7 billion years old.
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At Galaxies' Cores →
Nearly all galaxies may harbor supermassive black holes.
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How Planets Form
The Hubble Space Telescope has helped scientists determine the process of how planets are born.
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Extrasolar Organic Matter
The Hubble Space Telescope detected the first organic molecule discovered on a planet outside our solar system.
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Dark Energy →
The Hubble Space Telescope detected a distant supernova that suggests the universe only recently began speeding up.
Hubble HD Video
Related Multimedia
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Return to Hubble
Coming soon to a telescope near you ...
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Hubble Gallery →
Hubble images of planets, stars, galaxies and more.
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Tonight's Sky →
Your guide to constellations, planets, events and more.
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Behind the Pictures →
Do Hubble pictures look like the objects would if we saw them ourselves?
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HubbleWatch →
Learn more about astronomy in our weekly Hubble Podcasts!
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