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Hubble space telescope deployment 04/1990

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: e-sou01-10013

Image Size 300 DPI: 25 * 22 cm

Deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope from the payload bay, guided by the shuttle's robotic arm. The giant spaceborne telescope was put into orbit to collect information about a large variety of astronomical objects, from neighboring planets and stars to the most distant galaxies and quasars.  

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1990 - ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE - ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITE - ASTRONOMY - CANADARM - DEPLOYMENT - DISCOVERY - HST - HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - PAYLOAD BAY - REFLECTION - ROBOTIC ARM - SOLAR PANEL - SPACE - SPACE SHUTTLE - STS-31 - WINDOW -