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SM4: Astronaut Michael Good and the night sky
With a mostly dark home planet behind him, astronaut Michael Good, STS-125 mission specialist, rides Atlantis' remote manipulator system arm to the exact position he needs to be to continue work on the...
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Final release over Earth (2009)
Hubble drifts over Earth after its release on 19 May 2009 by the crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. The crew had performed all planned tasks over the course of five spacewalks, making the Servicing...
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Screenshot of Hubblecast 41
Watch the Hubblecast 41 on: http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/hubblecast41a/
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Hubble with spectra from the Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility
This image of Hubble is set against a background of hundreds of unique slitless spectra obtained by Hubble. The Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility (ST-ECF) was heavily involved in the...
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Hubble with spectra from the Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility
This image of Hubble is made up of a mosaic of over 47 000 unique slitless spectra, which have been processed and studied at the Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility (ST-ECF). They represent...
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Hubble in orbit
This illustration shows the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope in its high orbit 600 kilometres above Earth.
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Diagram of the Hubble Space Telescope, 1981
Diagram of the Hubble Space Telescope from 1981.
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Sunburst between Hubble and Discovery
In this image we see a sunburst between the solar array of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and the Space Shuttle Discovery.
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Artist rendition of Hubble
This is an artist's rendition of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST).
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Hubble in orbit (artist's impression)
This artist's concept shows the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope in orbit around the Earth. The telescope's current appearance is the result both of its original design, and the modifications made...
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The Cosmic Origins Spectrograph
Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS), in the Clean Room at Goddard Space Flight Center showing the connector panel. Aboard Hubble, COS will study the large-scale structure of the Universe and the...
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Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3
This photo shows's Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) being tested before it was launched. The camera was installed during the Servicing Mission 4 in May 2009 and replaced the older Wide Field...
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The Hubble Space Telescope in orbit
This image shows an artist's impression of the ESA/NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope in its orbit 600 km above the Earth.
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Hubble's Battery Module Assembly with lid removed
Battery Module Assembly with lid removed, showing the cells and power isolation switches
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Breaking down space telescopes
This diagram shows the structures of three space telescopes: the NASA Spitzer Space Telescope, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, and ESA's XMM-Newton. The components of each telescope are colour-coded.
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ESA’s Gaia satellite
ESA’s Gaia satellite is a space telescope designed to measure the positions of billions of stars with unprecedented precision. Gaia was launched on 19 December 2013 and is located at the L2 Lagrange...
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SM3A: Graceful Hubble
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) floats gracefully above the blue Earth after release from Discovery's robot arm after a successful servicing mission.
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Hubble Space Telescope sporting new solar arrays during SM3B
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, sporting new solar arrays and other important but less visible new hardware, begins its separation from the Space Shuttle Columbia. The STS-109 crew deployed the...
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SM2: Hubble in Free Orbit
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) begins its separation from Discovery following its release. The photo was taken during Servicing Mission 2 in 1997.
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Comparison of Hubble and James Webb mirror
This illustration shows both the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope and compares their respective mirrors. The main mirror of Hubble has a diameter of 2.4...
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Comparison of Hubble and James Webb mirror (annotated)
This illustration shows both the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope and compares their respective mirrors. The main mirror of Hubble has a diameter of 2.4...
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Hubble Space Telescope sporting new solar arrays during SM3B
STS109-E-5700 (9 March 2002) --- The Hubble Space Telescope, sporting new solar arrays and other important but less visible new hardware, begins its separation from the Space Shuttle Columbia. The...
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Screenshot of Hubblecast 128
Screenshot from Hubblecast 128: Hubble’s Collection of Anniversary Images.
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