1st Hist Servicing Mission- HUBBLE Space Telescope - via NASA Space Shuttle
Launched aboard the orbiter Discovery on mission STS-31 April 24, 1990, initial tests indicated a spherical aberration in the primary mirror. Hubble was thought by many to be a colossal failure. In 1993 and during four subsequent servicing missions shuttle astronauts upgraded the HST and in fact improved it's hardware significantly. These upgrades allowed Hubble to rewrite astronomy textbooks for generations to come. Hubble's new spectacles helped to continue the study into the far reaches of our galaxy and beyond. In 2021 after Hubble's life was extended during the early and after the major repairs, it is now ready for retirement, whereby the New James Webb will take over (after a long delay). The Web launch date is the 18 December 2021 at the cost of £10 Billion USD 2016.
1st Hist Servicing Mission- HUBBLE Space Telescope - via NASA Space Shuttle
