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 is shown, still in the grasp of the shuttle's robot arm, with the earth in the background, during the deployment of the solar panels and antennae. 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_282
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
48,0Mo (3,3Mo) / 33,5cm x 35,9cm / 3961 x 4237 (300dpi)