It's Hubble's 25th Birthday But We Get A Present
Thursday, April 23, 2015 - 09:03
in Astronomy & Space
The Hubble Space Telescope is almost old enough to buy its own health insurance! Tomorrow, April 24th, the Hubble Space Telescope will turn 25. For much of that time, it has been a few hundred miles away, providing a peek into the cosmos. It has long exceeded its mission life (good thing too, it's successor will be a decade past its original completion date and 900% over budget, if it even gets date on the latest 2018 date) but that is okay, it shows no signs of letting up. read more