In what year was the Hubble Space Telescope launched into orbit?

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1990

Launched by the Space Shuttle Discovery, Hubble has provided some of the most detailed images of distant galaxies ever seen. Because it sits above the Earth's distorting atmosphere, it can see objects with incredible clarity.

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