Hubble Celebrates 20 Years of Astonishing Discoveries

Space shuttle Discovery roared into orbit April 24, 1990, with a most precious cargo, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. In the two decades since, teams of astronauts working from other shuttles repaired the orbiting eye on the universe and extended its abilities far beyond what was thought possible for longer than many thought realistic.Hubble, named for groundbreaking astronomer Edwin Hubble,