Clouds of steam and smoke billow as the Space Shuttle Discovery launches into blue skies, with Hubble aboard. the fire of the engines is reflected in a body of water in the foreground.

Hubble Launch on Space Shuttle Discovery

A horizontal view of the launch of the STS-31 mission April 24, 1990. Onboard space shuttle Discovery are the crew of five veteran astronauts and the Hubble Space Telescope. Official launch time was 8:33:51 a.m. EDT. The crew included astronauts Loren Shriver, Charles Bolden Jr., Bruce McCandless, II, Kathryn Sullivan and Steven Hawley.

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