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This Week in NASA History: Hubble Space Telescope Launches – April 24, 1990

Hubble clears the orbiter’s cargo bay during its deployment on April 25, 1990.
This week in 1990, space shuttle Discovery, mission STS-31, launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on a five-day mission to deploy the Hubble Space Telescope.

This week in 1990, space shuttle Discovery, mission STS-31, launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on a five-day mission to deploy the Hubble Space Telescope. Here, Hubble clears the orbiter’s cargo bay during its deployment on April 25, 1990. NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center was responsible for the overall design, development and construction of the observatory. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating and preserving NASA’s remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological and scientific aspects of NASA’s activities in aeronautics and space. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA’s history, visit the Marshall History Program’s webpage. (NASA)