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It begins
American congress aproves the idea and funding. this will be one of the biggest telescopes ever created. -
Preperations
Scientists start training for space missions. and the 2.4 meter mirror is beginning to be made. -
The name
The telescope is renamed after Edwin P. Hubble. named after him because he proved there were other galaxys, and also that space is expanding. -
Completion
Building is completed. Challanger incident puts all shuttle flights on hold. -
launch
the shuttle is launched into space. -
first mission
the first servicing mission is allowed to go to work on the hubbles primary mirror. -
jupiter
Hubble takes pictures of comet Shoemaker Levy 9 as it hits Jupiter -
pillars of creation
Hubble takes the famous “pillars of creation” photo of the Eagle Nebula. -
galxy discoveries
The first Hubble Deep Field is released, showing the almost infinate number of galaxies in the Universe. -
HST
HST Orbital Systems Test -
gyro scopes
a mission was sent to the telescope to change out the gyro scopes -
pluto moons
hubble discovers that there are two more moons orbiting pluto -
pluto is no longer a planet
hubble discovers eris is bigger than pluto and it is a dwarf planet, making pluto a dwarf planet also -
hubble orbits
hubble makes its 100,000th orbit around earth. -
red shift discoverys
Hubble images show distant galaxies with likely redshifts greater than 8, showing the Universe as it was when it was less than a tenth of its current age. -
hubbles millionth
Hubble makes its millionth observation, a spectroscopic analysis of the exoplanet HAT-P-7b. -
sources
hubblesite.org/hubble_discoveries/10th/vault/timeline.shtml
ngm.nationalgeographic.com/.../hubble/hubble-timeline-interactive
www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/story/timeline.html