As the Hubble Space Telescope celebrates 35 years in space, here's what to know about the ambitious instrument.

Thirty-five years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched into orbit. It's been sending back galactic data and images ever since.

Thirty-five years ago today a revolutionary new era of astronomy began when the Hubble Space Telescope, tucked onboard the space shuttle Discovery, blasted off Earth into history. The next day a ...

Credit: NASA The Hubble Space Telescope is still going strong thanks ... dragging the scope down slowly but continuously. The space shuttle Discovery deployed Hubble at an altitude of 380 miles ...

Built by Lockheed Martin in Sunnyvale, California, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched on the space shuttle Discovery from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 24, 1990. Since it orbits ...

After 35 years, the Hubble Space Telescope is still churning out ... Hubble was launched into space aboard the space shuttle Discovery in 1990 and shepherded into low Earth orbit by astronauts.

the Hubble Space Telescope first reached Earth orbit 35 years ago on April 24, 1990. A day later, as this photo shows, the STS-31 crew aboard space shuttle Discovery released Hubble, beginning a ...