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Make this your homepage The Hubble Space Telescope. LAUNCH DATE: 24-Apr-1990 12:33 UT   MISSION END: 31 December 2012, subject to a mid-term review in 2010 LAUNCH VEHICLE: Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-31) LAUNCH MASS: 11 110 kg MISSION PHASE: Operational ORBIT: Circular: 593 km Inclination: 28.5 degrees. Orbital period: between 96 and 97 minutes ACHIEVEMENTS: Numerous highlights include: The Hubble Deep Fields Proof that quasars reside in galaxies Expansion of the universe measured Proof that gamma-ray burst are found in galaxies THE MISSION: The Hubble Space Telescope is a joint ESA/NASA project and was launched in 1990 by the Space Shuttle mission STS-31 into a low-Earth orbit 600 km above the ground. During its lifetime Hubble has become one of the most important science projects ever. NEWS Forming the present-day spiral galaxies [heic1002] Hubble finds most distant primeval galaxies [heic1001] Vampires and collisions rejuvenate stars [heic0918] LATEST STATUS REPORT May 2007 November 2006 May 2006 SPECIAL FEATURES Science@ESA: Episode 4: Following the redshift - from HST to JWST Goodies Educational Corner Hubble mission report from 37th COSPAR meeting

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