World authorities on the history of astronomy - David Devorkin and Robert Smith - reveal Hubble as an unparalleled engineering accomplishment that documents the solar system's workings and growth, the accelerated expansion of the universe, and even humankind's potential demise by the same kind of co[...]

The development and operation of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) have resulted in many rich legacies, most particularly in science and technology but in culture as well. It is also the first telescope in space that has been utilized as effectively as if it were situated on a mountaintop here on ear[...]