Just about everyone has heard of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope — not too surprising considering that it has been with us for ...

Its cargo bay—60 feet long ... Three of NASA’s four Great Observatories rode to orbit in the space shuttle. The Hubble Space Telescope went up in April 1990, followed by the Compton Gamma ...

Hubble and its fellow ... become reality with the Hubble Space Telescope. The telescope's original October 1986 launch was scrapped after the loss of the space shuttle Challenger.

In that era, planners imagined the shuttle carrying the X-37 to space in its cargo bay and releasing it. Now, with the shuttle's retirement looming, it appears the X-37 will have an independent ...

Former Space Shuttle Program Manager Wayne Hale has posted ... the crew conducted a series of five spacewalks to service the Hubble Space Telescope. It was a huge success. Hubble received new ...