Hubble Space Telescope
Telescopio espacial Hubble
- Date
- 1990 · confidence high
- Place
- Kennedy Space Center, Florida, United States; built by Perkin-Elmer and Lockheed; operated from Baltimore
- Credited to
- NASA and ESA (Lyman Spitzer, driving force); repaired in orbit in 1993
- Field
- Communication
What it is
A 2.4 m telescope in orbit, beyond the atmosphere, which after the correction of its optics delivered images of unprecedented sharpness. It measured the age of the universe and discovered the acceleration of its expansion.
What it led to
- Precision cosmology and the discovery of dark energy
- Images of the cosmos as a cultural icon
- The James Webb and Roman telescopes
Built on
Made possible
- First Hubble servicing mission (STS-61)2-13 de diciembre de 1993
- Hydra (moon of Pluto)2005
- Nix (moon of Pluto)2005
- Kerberos (moon of Pluto)2011
- Discovery of Styx, moon of Pluto2012
- Planck precision cosmology2013-2018
- James Webb Space Telescope2021
- Vera C. Rubin Observatory and the largest digital camera2025
- James Webb telescope