OTD…April 24 and the birth of Hubble

Suspension of disbelief has been called for time and again throughout Hubble’s history, starting with its launch 25 years ago April 24, the discovery of its famously flawed mirror, the MacGyver-like repairs by spacewalking astronauts and its subsequent rise from the ashes of disaster to the pinnacle of scientific success.

#OTD…Launch of Atlantis in 1989 to send the Magellan space probe to Venus

OTD…Launch of Discovery in 1991 on a Defense Department research flight