WATCH: Shuttle Endeavour launched for the 25th and final time on this date in 2011 on a journey to the International Space Station to install the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment for physics research, plus deliver another stockpile of spare parts to support the outpost’s extended life.
Mission Reports
Hubble still going strong 30 years after launch
Thirty years ago Friday, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched aboard the shuttle Discovery with a famously flawed mirror, the opening chapter in an improbable saga of redemption and scientific discovery that revolutionized humanity’s view of the cosmos with jaw-dropping images now familiar to millions.
