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STS-31
The Space Shuttle Discovery mission that deployed the Hubble Space Telescope in April 1990.
Hubble Space Telescope
A NASA and ESA orbital observatory launched in 1990 that observes the universe from ultraviolet to near-infrared wavelengths.
Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle (Space Transportation System) was the American crewed reusable spaceplane program, which flew 135 missions between 1981 and 2011. As the first partly reusable spacecraft it deployed satellites and the Hubble telescope and built most of the International Space Station — at the cost of two tragedies, Challenger and Columbia.
STS-1: Columbia’s first flight
The first Shuttle launched with a crew before any orbital rehearsal. Follow Columbia’s preparation, launch, 36 orbits and landing that opened the Shuttle era.
STS-135
The final Space Shuttle mission. In July 2011 Atlantis delivered supplies and spare parts to the ISS, closing the shuttle’s thirty-year era.