NASA’s Hubble Celebrates 21st Anniversary with ‘Rose’ of Galaxies

Posted by brandoniswrite on October 1, 2010

To celebrate the 21st anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope‘s deployment into space, astronomers at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Md., pointed Hubble’s eye at an especially photogenic pair of interacting galaxies called Arp 273. “For 21 years, Hubble has profoundly changed our view of the universe, allowing us to see deep into [...]

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Canadarm2 Turns 10: Canadian Space Agency Celebrates a Decade of Success

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Image above: In the grasp of the International Space Station’s Canadarm2, the Kounotori2 H-II Transfer Vehicle is moved from the space-facing side of the Harmony node back to the Earth-facing port of Harmony in March 2011. Photo credit: NASA Ten years ago today, Canadarm2 was launched to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard space shuttle [...]

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