OTD…April 24 and the birth of Hubble

Trouble with one of the Hubble Space Telescope’s three remaining gyroscopes, critical for aiming and locking onto targets, prompted mission managers to switch to a backup control mode that will limit some observations but keep the iconic observatory running well into the 2030s, officials said Tuesday.

#OTD in 2000…Discovery launched on the 100th space shuttle mission

#OTD in 1988…Discovery returned Americans to space after the Challenger accident