On Dec. 3, 1985, Army astronaut mission specialist Lt. Col. Sherwood "Woody" Spring and the crew of STS 61-B Atlantis concluded their seven-day flight by landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
The Hubble Space Telescope is a masterwork of engineering and human ingenuity. Hubble is comparable in size and weight to a large school bus, but its contributions to science and astronomy could fill ...
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How the Hubble Telescope became the 'Energizer bunny of spacecraft,' according to one of its astronaut visitors
John Grunsfeld has a model of the Hubble Space Telescope on his bookshelf. It's right next to a model of a NASA space shuttle, which delivered Hubble to space 35 years ago, and it's no secret why both ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the history of science and exploration. On April 25, 1990, astronauts unpacked the Hubble Space Telescope from the space ...
When the Hubble Space Telescope launched into orbit in 1990, the observatory promised to provide dazzling and unprecedented views of space that would rewrite humans' understanding of the cosmos. But ...
Space shuttle Endeavour lifts off to begin its first mission, STS-49, on May 7, 1992. The shuttle would rendezvous with a stranded communications satellite and return it to service. Astronaut F. Story ...
A veteran of four space shuttle missions between 1985 and 1993, Richard Covey logged more than 646 hours in space. As pilot of STS-51-I in 1985, Covey took part in the rendezvous and repair of the ...
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