🔬 Hubble Space Telescope launches (1990)
Where: Kennedy Space Center
📅 On This Day: April 24
April 24, 1990: Hubble Space Telescope launches. On this day in 1990, the Space Shuttle Discovery lifted off from Kennedy Space Center carrying the Hubble Space Telescope. Above the blurry air, Hubble has taken sharp pictures of faraway galaxies and newborn stars. Its main mirror is 2. 4 meters wide.
✨ More events on this day
- 1895 🧭 Joshua Slocum set sail from Boston on his small boat Spray and became the first person to sail alone all the way around the world.
- 1916 🧭 Explorer Ernest Shackleton and five men set off from Elephant Island in a small lifeboat to cross the icy ocean and fetch help for their crew.
- 1970 🚀 China launched its first satellite, Dong Fang Hong I, which played the song "The East Is Red" from orbit as it circled the Earth.
🧠 Question of the day
Which shuttle carried Hubble into space?
- Apollo 11
- Discovery
- Vostok 1
Show the answer
Answer: Discovery
🎂 Landmarks that opened on April 24
Questions
What happened on April 24?
April 24, 1990: Hubble Space Telescope launches. It happened in Kennedy Space Center.
Which landmarks opened on April 24?
Woolworth Building (opened 1913).
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