The space shuttle Discovery leaving the launchpad at the Kennedy Space Center,Florida,on April 24th,1990. Mission STS-31 carries the Hubble Space Telescope. Once in orbit it will be able to view objects 50 times fainter and 7 times more distant than is possible with existing ground based optical telescopes. Crew members are Commander Loren J. Shriver; Pilot Charles F. Bolden Jr.; and Mission Specialists Kathryn D. Sullivan,Steven A. Hawley,and Bruce McCandless II | |
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