JPL Camera Marks Hubble's 100,000th Orbit
Monday, August 11, 2008 - 15:07
in Astronomy & Space
To commemorate NASA's Hubble Space Telescope completing its 100,000th orbit on Aug. 10, scientists used the JPL-built Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 onboard to take a snapshot of a dazzling region of a nebula 170,000 light-years away.