The European Space Agency (ESA) is Europe’s gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world.
Find out more about space activities in our 23 Member States, and understand how ESA works together with their national agencies, institutions and organisations.
Exploring our Solar System and unlocking the secrets of the Universe
Go to topicProtecting life and infrastructure on Earth and in orbit
Go to topicUsing space to benefit citizens and meet future challenges on Earth
Go to topicMaking space accessible and developing the technologies for the future
Go to topicA summary of the scientific results of the Hubble Space Telescope, including an explanation of the spherical aberration of the primary mirror and the solutions under review.
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00:09:57:00 contents page
10:00:06:00 ESA opening sequence
10:00:15:00 title: Hubble Space Telescope - An Overview
10:00:19:00 gvs' the 1990 launch of the Hubble Space Telescope [HST] by the shuttle Discovery
10:01:13:00 animations: HST works on much the same principle as ground-based telescopes
10:01:49:00 animations: HST in orbit, shuttle with HST on robot arm
10:02:15:00 title: Interview With Claude Nicollier, ESA astronaut
10:02:19:00 mcs Nicollier
10:02:53:00 gvs' astronauts onboard the shuttle
10:03:12:00 gvs' HST deployment
10:03:25:00 var s' solar arrays on water test bed
10:03:40:00 animation: HST cs away from cam
10:03:55:00 animations: astronomical images [Pluto with its moon, Saturn, protoplanetary disc, blue stragglers, gravitational lensing]; HST in orbit
10:06:17:00 title: The Space Science
10:06:21:00 animations: HST away from cam, the Earth
10:07:00:00 title: interview with Peter Jacobsen, ESA astronomer
10:07:04:00 mcs Jacobsen
10:07:28:00 mls observatory
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