NASA launched the Hubble Space Telescope on April 24th, 1990. Since then we’ve discovered things that we never even imagined, and seen light from distant galaxies and stars billions of years old.
Named for groundbreaking astronomer Edwin Hubble, the Hubble Space Telescope has helped astronomers prove the existence of black holes, dark energy, and defined the age of the universe.
NASA celebrates 20 years of amazing astronomical discoveries with the Hubble Space Telescope with an interactive showcase of incredible images of our universe.
NASA has also announced the extension of the Hubble Space Telescope Science Operations Contract through April 2013, which will extend science operations with the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy for the Hubble Space Telescope Science Operations Center located at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore.
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Earth Day reaches it’s 40th anniversary. The annual celebration of our environment began in 1970. Here’s the top green stories and stunning images of earth from space…
NASA Celebrates Earth Day with photographs of planet Earth in an amazing slide show.
50 Green Tips for Earth Day on climate.weather.com
See human footprint from space on earthsky.org
40 years after the first Earth Day, the world is in greater peril than ever. While climate change is the greatest challenge of our time, it also presents the greatest opportunity; an unprecedented opportunity to build a healthy, prosperous, clean energy economy now and for the future. Visit earthday.org
Earth Day at 40: Our Changing View of the Planet on space.com
The Earth Observatory shares images, stories, and discoveries about climate and the environment that emerge from NASA research.
Whole-Earth Views from Geostationary Satellites at planetary.org
Space shuttle Discovery has landed at the Kennedy Space Center after transporting it’s seven astronauts more than six million miles. The crew claimed a successful mission during a post flight press conference, even after facing the challenge of a stuck pressure valve on a replacement tank.
Discovery returned from mission STS-131 to the International Space Station, where the crew delivered more than seven tons of equipment and supplies. During the ten day mission, astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Clayton Anderson executed three spacewalks, installed a 1,700-pound ammonia tank assembly on the station’s exterior, replaced a rate gyro assembly, and retrieved a Japanese experiment and two debris shields.
Source: NASA Space Shuttle Missions
