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Long before humanity could venture into space, astronomers dreamed of a telescope above Earth’s obscuring atmosphere. In 1962, this dream took a step toward reality when a National Academy of Sciences study group recommended the development of a space telescope. NASA launched two Orbiting Astronomical Observatories in 1968 and 1972. Both produced a wealth ofContinue reading “April 24, 1990: Hubble launches”
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