UT: Hubble: It Was Twenty Years Ago Today

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Hubble: It Was Twenty Years Ago Today (April 1990 - April 1992)
Universe Today - 14 Apr 2010

That NASA sent the Hubble into space, to stay.

The date was 24 April, 1990; "Liftoff of the Space Shuttle Discovery, with the Hubble Space Telescope, our window on the universe".

Over the next ten days I'll be reviewing these twenty years, starting with the first two today; I hope you will enjoy the show.

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• To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope, for ten days, Jean Tate and Universe Today will feature highlights from two year slices of the life of the Hubble, focusing on its achievements as an astronomical observatory. Be sure to go to the Universe Today articles for many more great pictures.

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Hubble's 20 Years: Time for 20/20 Vision (April 1992 - April 1994)
Universe Today - 15 Apr 2010

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Hubble's 20 Years: Now We Are Six (April 1994 - April 1996)
Universe Today - 16 Apr 2010

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Hubble at 8: So Many Discoveries, So Quickly (April 1996 - April 1998)
Universe Today - 17 Apr 2010

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Hubble's 10th Birthday Gift: Measurement of the Hubble Constant (April 1998 - April 2000)
Universe Today - 18 Apr 2010


Hubble Deep Field - South (HDF-S) (R. Williams (STScI), the HDF-S Team, and NASA).

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Hubble's 20th: At Least as Good as Any Human Photographer (April 2000 - April 2002)
Universe Today - 19 April 2010


NGC 3314 (NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA))

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Hubble Enters its Teen Years, More Powerful, More Ambitious (April 2002 - April 2004)
Universe Today - 20 April 2010

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NASA: 20 Years of Hubble

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Hubble Turns Sixteen, and Just Keeps on Working (April 2004 - April 2006)
Universe Today - 21 April 2010


Hubble Ultra-Deep Field (NASA/ESA/S. Beckwith (STScI)/HUDF Team)

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Hubble's Late Teen Years: It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times (April 2006 - April 2008)
Universe Today - 22 April 2010


Antennae Galaxies (NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration.
Acknowledgement: B. Whitmore (STScI), James Long (ESA/Hubble))

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Hubble: Renewed, Reinvigorated, Raring to Go (April 2008 - April 2010)
Universe Today - 23 April 2010

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