Science & Space
Hubble Completes 200,000th Orbit After 36 Years in Space
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope completed its 200,000th Earth orbit on September 19 after 36 years in operation.
What happened
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope completed its 200,000th orbit around Earth on September 19, marking a new milestone for the observatory. Over its 36-year lifetime, Hubble has travelled more than 5 billion miles around Earth and completed more than 1.7 million observations. NASA said the telescope continues to transform scientists’ understanding of the universe. The source excerpt also references an observation completed on the day of the milestone, but does not provide details about that observation.
Why it matters
Hubble’s operating record reflects the scale of data it has generated for astronomy: more than 1.7 million observations over 36 years. NASA says those observations continue to advance understanding of the universe.
Source: NASA