Hubble space telescope (HST) in orbit. The HST orbits 569 kilometres above the Earth's surface. It observes stars, galaxies and other astronomical obj

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Hubble space telescope (HST) in orbit. The HST orbits 569 kilometres above the Earth's surface. It observes stars, galaxies and other astronomical objects. HST was launched by the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1990. Picture taken from the space shuttle after the Hubble's second servicing mission in 1997.

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Photo credit: © NASA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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