Hubble Space Telescope 2018 Review

Article by: Holly Preece, PhD student at the Armagh Observatory and Planetarium NASA’s Hubble space telescope was launched on 24th April 1990. It was the first optical space telescope to be launched into orbit and has been one of the most productive scientific instruments ever built. It orbits the Earth Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 7 yearsApril 6, 2018 ago

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Hubble Space Telescope: Ten amazing facts you didn’t know

Gleaned from NASA and Hubblesite.org, here are some facts you may not know about the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). 1. The HST’s history is longer than you might have thought, going back to just after World War II. In 1946, the astronomer Lyman Spitzer (1914-97) identified the main advantages Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 14 yearsMarch 5, 2011 ago