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The Hubble Space Telescope
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Image Size 300 DPI: 20 * 25 cm
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is lifted into the vertical position in the Vertical Processing Facility as work begins at Kennedy Space Center to process the 94-inch primary mirror telescope for launch on Discovery on Space Shuttle Mission STS-31 in March 1990. With HST, astronomers will be able to view 97 percent of the known universe, and will be able to get pictures unlimited and undistorted by the Earth's atmosphere. Compared with earth-based observatories, the HST will be able to view celestial objects that are 50 times fainter, provide images that are 10 times sharper, and see objects that are seven times farther away
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