- It is named after famed astronomer Edwin P. Hubble who lived from 1889 until 1953.
- It was launched in 1990.
- It is powered by 2 solar panels that are 25 feet wide.
- The Hubble’s average orbit is 353 miles above the earth’s surface and completes an orbit every 97 minutes.
- It determined that the universe extends passour galaxy.
