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Published online 22 April 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050418-17
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Fifteen years of Hubble
After a decade and a half in orbit, the famous telescope could be nearing retirement.
This week marks 15 years since the Hubble Space Telescope, hailed by some commentators as the most successful astronomy mission ever, was placed in orbit. Since 25 April 1990, it has snapped 750,000 images, sending 120 gigabytes of data back to Earth each week.
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