With a bunch of restorative focal points, Hubble at last friends into the universe.
February 1997
Two new instruments empower the telescope to see essentially a wide range of light.
December 1999
The group of the space transport Discovery fixes each of the six of Hubble’s ragged spinners, parts basic to keeping the satellite balanced out.
February 2002
Another camera will make Hubble multiple times all the more impressive.
Fast FACTS
373 miles: Distance among Earth and Hubble’s circle
**1.7 billion **: Estimated miles Hubble has gone in circle
97 minutes: Time it takes Hubble to circle Earth
350,000: Estimated number of pictures Hubble has taken
15 gigabytes: Amount of information Hubble conveys to cosmologists every day