A Faulty Mirror in NASA’s Hubble Telescope Almost Derailed the Mission

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  • 4 years ago
NASA’s famous Hubble Space Telescope is celebrating its 30th birthday! But a tiny flaw in the primary mirror almost stopped the observatory in its tracks right after it launched.

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