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36 years ago: NASA launched the Hubble Space Telescope

By Walter Einenkel Apr 24, 2026, 9:30 am83 pts
On the morning of April 24, 1990, NASA launched the Hubble Space Telescope from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The following day, the state-of-the-art telescope was deployed from the shuttle into low Earth orbit. More than three decades later, Hubble remains in operation, having completed more…

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