Go behind the scenes at the heart of Hubble operations with this 360-degree virtual tour.
Take a 360-degree, virtual tour of the Hubble Space Telescope’s home for mission operations, the Space Telescope Operations Control Center (STOCC) at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Begin in the lobby to learn about the orbiting spacecraft. Visit the Mission Operations Room, where the flight operators command and monitor Hubble. Step into the Operations Support Room, where the flight team investigates spacecraft anomalies and verifies new procedures. Then explore the exhibit hallway to view hardware that once flew in space aboard Hubble as well as tools that astronauts used to repair and upgrade the observatory.
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Calling Future Explorers
Start with a 360-degree video and discover the unique paths that led people to careers with the Hubble Space Telescope.
Explore the Night Sky
Using our Skymap, find astronomical objects with a backyard telescope, or binoculars, then compare your view to Hubble’s images of the object.
Hubble Albums
Flip through Hubble’s Flickr albums and see astronauts at work in space, behind the scenes of mission operations, and images from nebulae to gravitational lens.
Hubble E-books
Investigate the mysteries of the universe, or dive into Hubble’s history with our free, downloadable e-books.
Hubble Podcasts
Hear about Hubble’s mission, discoveries, and images.
Hubble Videos
From science to history, from servicing mission to technology, and from documentaries to human interest stories, NASA had produced a library of informative and interesting videos on the Hubble Space Telescope.
