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STS-31 Hubble Space Telescope Deployment

Astronauts aboard Space Shuttle Discovery are in the final stages of deploying the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit using the Canadarm robotic arm, a meticulously planned procedure that marks the culmination of years of preparation and scientific ambition.

Year 1990
Date 4/25
Location Kennedy Space Center, Florida, United States
Layer 2
Visibility HIDDEN
tax:spaceflight-and-frontier tax:scientific-discovery

Key Figures

Loren Shriver Steven Hawley Bruce McCandless Payload Specialist
Time Travel

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STS-31 Hubble Space Telescope Deployment
1990 · contemporaneous
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STS-31 Hubble Deployment
1990 · contemporaneous
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1990 · contemporaneous
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Hubble Space Telescope Deployment (STS-31)
1990 · contemporaneous
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Apollo 12 Launch
1969 · same location
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Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
1986 · same location
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1968 · same location
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Apollo 13 Launch
1970 · same location
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STS-1 Launch
1981 · same location
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Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
1986 · same location
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Space Shuttle Discovery First Flight (STS-41-D)
1984 · same location
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Space Shuttle Discovery Final Flight (STS-133)
2011 · same location
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2011 · same location
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1988 · same location
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1969 · same location
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Challenger Space Shuttle Disaster
1986 · same location
Backpropagation Paper Published in Nature
Backpropagation Paper Published in Nature
1986 · same era
Backpropagation Paper Published in Nature
Backpropagation Paper Published in Nature
1986 · follows
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STS-31 Hubble Space Telescope Deployment
1990 · contemporaneous
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STS-31 Hubble Deployment
1990 · contemporaneous
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1990 · contemporaneous
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1990 · contemporaneous
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1986 · same era
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Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
1986 · same era
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1981 · same era
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Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
1986 · same era
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Space Shuttle Discovery First Flight (STS-41-D)
1984 · same era
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1988 · same era
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Challenger Space Shuttle Disaster
1986 · same era
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1986 · same era
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1988 · same era
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1981 · same era
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