A full decade in the making, Hubble rocketed into orbit on April 24, 1990, aboard space shuttle Discovery. Shuttle astronauts visited the 350-mile-high observatory five times to make improvements and repairs.
By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer, San Francisco Chronicle
Tue, 04/21/2015 - 1:25pm
A full decade in the making, Hubble rocketed into orbit on April 24, 1990, aboard space shuttle Discovery. Shuttle astronauts visited the 350-mile-high observatory five times to make improvements and repairs.