The history of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is dominated by the familiar sharp images and amazing discoveries that have had an unprecedented scientific impact on our view of the world and our ...

The Hubble Space Telescope is a masterwork of engineering and human ingenuity. Hubble is comparable in size and weight to a large school bus, but its contributions to science and astronomy could fill ...

The space shuttle Atlantis takes off on a dramatic five-spacewalk mission to resuscitate the crippled Hubble Space Telescope, NASA's most successful satellite. William Harwood Bill Harwood has been ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, seen here after the final shuttle servicing mission in 2009. Credit: NASA WASHINGTON — A problem with the Hubble Space Telescope has renewed discussion about whether and ...

The Hubble Space Telescope, a cornerstone of modern astronomy, has been providing breathtaking images and invaluable data for over three decades. As a collaboration between NASA and the European Space ...

A cornerstone to the success of the Hubble Space Telescope program has been the ability to reinvent the telescope through servicing of the spacecraft by astronauts. Since the installation of the ...

An STS-125 crew member aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis captured this image of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope on May 19, 2009. The Hubble Space Telescope will burn up in Earth's atmosphere in the ...

AUSTIN, Texas--Deep, deep in the reaches of outerspace, there is a star factory. Astronomers have theorized about its appearance, though they've never had a realistic view of it. Until now. Last year, ...

SpaceX and NASA will conduct a feasibility study to see if the private spaceflight company could successfully dock a crewed vehicle with the 32-year old Hubble Space Telescope to raise its orbit. “A ...

After more than three decades of revolutionary cosmic discovery, the Hubble Space Telescope is getting a new spin on its operations—and entering what may be the twilight of its epochal mission. Hubble ...

NASA is planning to deploy SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft to extend the Hubble telescope’s lifespan for another two decades, buying the agency more time to figure out how to dispose of space junk. Elon ...

NASA will send a space shuttle and seven astronauts to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope as soon as May 2008, overturning an earlier decision that the complex mission posed too much of a ...