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Hubble Space Telescope in Space Race

The Hubble Space Telescope has been one of the great success stories of space-based astronomy. Placed in orbit by Space Shuttle astronauts in 1990, it provided astronomers with a powerful new tool for studying the Universe.

Image Number: SI 96-16364
Credit: Photo by Mark Avino, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
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