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Hubble's 35th Anniversary

The Hubble Space Telescope began its groundbreaking mission in 1990, forever changing the way we understand our universe. Thirty-five years later, Hubble’s science continues to inspire.

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April 24, 1990

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Understand the Universe

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The People's Telescope

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope marks 35 years in orbit in 2025. Since its launch and deployment in April 1990, Hubble’s mission has rewritten astronomy textbooks with its powerful observations of our universe.

Hubble’s optimal position above the atmosphere, in low-Earth orbit, gives it an unobstructed view of the cosmos. From planets in our own solar system to galaxies billions of light-years away, Hubble’s iconic images remain a scientific and cultural asset for the whole world.

Thanks to astronaut servicing missions and teams of talented engineers on the ground, Hubble continues to operate in good health decades after launch. With its unique ability to observe in ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared light, Hubble is a valuable, complementary teammate to missions like the James Webb Space Telescope and the upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.

In 2025, we’ll celebrate Hubble’s milestone anniversary with breathtaking new images, videos, educational materials, interactive web apps, and more. Check back throughout the year as we continually release event dates, products, and activities, and follow along on Facebook, Instagram, and X, or use the hashtag #Hubble35.

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Hubble 35th Anniversary Graphic.

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This video highlights some of the images and discoveries from the Hubble Space Telescope's 35th year in Earth orbit.
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center; Lead Producer: Paul Morris; Narrator: Dr. Jennifer Wiseman; Images & Visualizations: NASA, ESA, STScI.

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Events and Product Releases

Find dates of Hubble anniversary events, video releases, product announcements, and more.

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35 Years of Images

Celebrate Hubble’s 35^th anniversary with a countdown of images the observatory captured over its lifetime, one for each year in orbit.

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Hubble Night Sky Challenge

Celebrate 35 years of Hubble observations with a year-long night sky stargazing adventure for amateur astronomy enthusiasts.

Start Stargazing

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27 Key Images in Hubble History

As Hubble celebrates 35 years in space, NASA's History Office looks back at its journey.

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Hubble’s Beautiful Universe

The Hubble's Beautiful Universe e-book takes readers on a journey through Hubble’s mission, from 1990 to today, with many of the breathtaking images of the cosmos it’s collected along the way.

Hearing Hubble

Create your own, personalized sonification from 10 breathtaking Hubble images. You pick the instruments, scanning pattern, harmony, and scientific information to produce a symphony that represents the image in sound!

Create Your Song

👁 Three bright stars with diffraction spikes shine near the center-right of the image, illuminating nearby clouds that glow in pale blue. The clouds darken at the edges of the image, and are dotted with smaller stars, some also with diffraction spikes.

Reshaping Our Cosmic View: Hubble Science Highlights E-Book

From our planetary neighbors to the far reaches of the cosmos, explore highlights from Hubble’s three and a half decades of trailblazing discoveries in this new e-book.

Podcast: Inside the Team That Keeps Hubble Flying

Go behind the scenes with Morgan Van Arsdall, deputy operations manager for Hubble, on an audio tour of Hubble’s control center.

Listen Here

👁 Hubble Space Telescope (HST) being assembled in the clean room of the Lockheed Missile Space Company. Hubble's optical tube and instrument housing appear to be suspended from the ceiling. Two people, one on a ladder just below Hubble and another on the ground floor are assembling Hubble. Two other workers are on a catwalk to the left of Hubble in this image. All are in protective suits and hardhats.

Hubble Space Telescope
Oral Histories

These oral history interviews document the experiences of individuals who were involved in every aspect of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope mission.

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👁 Against the dark background of space, pale, misty clouds of gas and dust are liberally sprinkled with blue and pink stars. Some bright pink patches of clustered stars are visible, as are dark brown knots of dust.

Hubble Releases New Images from the Archive at SXSW

To celebrate NASA's Hubble Space Telescope's 35^th year in orbit, we've combed through Hubble's extensive archive of observations for new images.

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Hubble’s Cosmic Adventure

Celebrate Hubble’s upcoming 35^th anniversary with a trip through the stars. Choose your cosmic destination and explore the universe with Hubble.

Begin Your Adventure

👁 A star cluster within a nebula. Thin, pale-blue wisps of clouds fill the background while denser areas of pinkish clouds appear superimposed upon them. The star cluster holds bright-blue stars that illuminate the nebula. Large arcs of dense, reddish-brown dust pressed together by the stars’ radiation, curve around, in front of, and behind the clustered stars. Many orange stars are visible in the background behind the clouds of the nebula.

Celebrating 35 Years of Hubble with the European Space Agency

To celebrate Hubble's 35^th year in orbit, ESA is revisiting stunning, previously released Hubble observations with the addition of the latest Hubble data and new processing techniques.

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Anniversary Downloads

Download the anniversary graphic and an overview presentation on Hubble's 35 years in orbit for your own use.

Featured Story

Eye on Infinity: NASA Celebrates Hubble’s 35th Year in Orbit

In celebration of the Hubble Space Telescope’s 35 years in Earth orbit, NASA is releasing an assortment of compelling images…

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ESA/Hubble’s 35th Anniversary Celebrations

Celebrate Hubble's 35 years in orbit with the European Space Agency.

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