This Week in NASA History: Hubble Deployed – April 25, 1990

This week in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was deployed from the cargo bay of space shuttle Discovery. Here, Hubble has one of its two solar array panels deployed while still in the grasp of Discovery’s remote manipulator system. NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center was responsible for the overall design, development and construction of the observatory. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating and preserving NASA’s remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological and scientific aspects of NASA’s activities in aeronautics and space. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA’s history, visit the Marshall History Program’s webpage. (NASA)