|
Year |
Event |
Photo |
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1977 |
American congress approves funding for Hubble. |
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|
1981 |
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) begins operations in
Baltimore, Maryland. |
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|
1984 |
Space Telescope-European Coordinating Facility (ST-ECF) begins
operations in Garching, Munich |
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|
1990 |
Launch: Shuttle Discovery (STS-31) launched on 24 April 1990.
Hubble deployed on April 25, 1990. |
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| |
Spherical aberration discovered in the Hubble primary mirror, 25
June, 1990. |
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| |
COSTAR approved: The creation of a complex package of five optical
mirror pairs to rectify the spherical aberration in Hubble's
primary mirror. |
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|
1993 |
First Servicing Mission (STS-61) launched on 2 December, 1993
(Endeavour).COSTAR corrective optics installed, replacing HSP
(High Speed Photometer)
WFPC2 (Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2) replaced WFPC1 (Wide
Field and Planetary Camera 1). |
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|
1997 |
Servicing Mission 2 (STS-82) launched on 11 February, 1997
(Discovery).
STIS (Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph) replaced FOS
(Faint Object Spectrograph).
NICMOS (Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrograph)
replaced GHRS (Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph). |
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|
1998 |
HST Orbital Systems Test (HOST - STS-95) launched on 29 October,
1998 (Discovery). The HOST mission was flown to test new
technologies to be used in Hubble on the Third Servicing
mission and beyond. |
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|
1999 |
Servicing Mission 3A (STS-103) launched on 19 December, 1999
(Discovery).
Replacement of gyroscopes.
General maintenance (no science instruments replaced) |
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|
2002 |
Servicing Mission 3B.
Installation of ACS.
Installation of NICMOS Cooling System (NCS).
Installation of new Solar Panels. |
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|
2006-2008 |
Servicing Mission 4? Robotic?
Installation of WFC3 (Wide Field Camera 3)?
Installation of COS (Cosmic Origins Spectrograph)?
Battery maintenance?
Gyro maintenance? |
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|
2008-2012 |
End of Hubble operations. Controlled de-orbit. |
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