KIDS TRIVIA

Detailed explanation-1: -First conceived in the 1940s and initially called the Large Space Telescope, the Hubble Space Telescope took decades of planning and research before it launched on April 24, 1990.

Detailed explanation-2: -Full Article. A spectacular morning launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery ten years ago, on April 24, 1990, ushered in a new golden age of astronomy. The payload in Discovery’s cargo bay, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, was released by the crew into Earth orbit the next day and the Universe hasn’t looked the same since.