Observatory and Operations
Download these PDFs to learn more about the Hubble Space Telescope mission and its operations.
![Hubble Space Telescope in orbit](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/edu_srch_hubble_space_telescope-1-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
![Astronaut Mike Massimino inside one of Hubble's instrument bays (left of center). Instrument Specialists, Michael Good (center) is standing on the Manipulator Foot Restraint, which is connected to the Shuttle Remote Manipulator System/Canadarm Latching End Effector. The Canadarm is white and extends from the upper right corner to the bottom center.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/hubble-massimino-rate-sensor-units-33937007958-71b89f8fb8-o-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
![Image of the VEST (The Vehicle Electrical System Test facility) A Large silver piece of equipment with some of the doors open. Inside those doors are dozens of wires and engineering equipment.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/hubble-mission-ops-vest-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
High-Fidelity Simulator
Engineers safely test and troubleshoot new procedures on a Hubble simulator at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
![Photograph of a group of engineers sitting in front of their computers inside of the "Space Telescope Operations Control Center." This image was taken during Hubble's Servicing Mission 4, which is on the screen in the front of the room.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/stocc-osr-sm4-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
Instruments
Download these PDFs to learn more about Hubble's instruments.
![astronauts install ACS on Hubble](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/7_acs_e03-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
Advanced Camera for Surveys
ACS can survey large areas of the sky at multiple wavelengths, observing objects from our solar system to the distant universe.
![COS](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/cos_fact_sheet_img_lg-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
Cosmic Origins Spectrograph
COS studies features imprinted in ultraviolet light to explore how galaxies, stars, and planets formed and evolved.
![Astronaut Joseph Tanner and Hubble](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/s82e54041-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
Fine Guidance Sensors
FGSs help point Hubble and can be used to precisely measure distances between objects.
![Hubble observations of M84 by WFPC2 (left) and STIS instruments](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/hs-1997-12-a-print-crop-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph
STIS studies features found in various wavelengths of light to examine objects such as black holes, stars and galaxies.
![Astronaut Andrew Feustel with Hubble and WFC3](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/s125e007372-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
Wide Field Camera 3
WFC3 spans ultraviolet, visible and near-infrared light to study the cosmos, ranging from distant galaxies to objects within our solar system.
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Learn More![Image taken of the 1990 deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope. Hubble, bright and silver, reflects the Earth below, on either side of Hubble there are two golden solar arrays. At the bottom of the picture you can see the body of the Space Shuttle Discovery as well as the grapple arm letting go of Hubble.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/hubble-deployment-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)