Sujet
Deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope, 1990. Artist: Unknown
Légende
Deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope, 1990. The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) was put into orbit from the Space Shuttle Discovery, mission STS-31 on 24 April 1990. HST, still in the grip of the shuttle's robot arm, is backdropped against Cuba and the Bahamas. HST was designed to see seven times further into space than had been possible before, without the distortion caused by the earth's atmosphere. Problems with its giant mirror meant that it did not initially work as well as expected. Corrective optics were installed in 1993, greatly improving the telescope's performance, enabling it to view the Universe in unprecedented detail.
Oxford Science Archive
Date
1990
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/NASA
Notre référence
HRM19B63_284
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
48,9Mo (3,7Mo) / 31,2cm x 39,4cm / 3680 x 4649 (300dpi)