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Hubble Space Telescope's Name:
NASA named the world's first space-based optical telescope after American astronomer Edwin P. Hubble (1889-1953). Dr. Hubble confirmed an "expanding" universe, which...
Discovered more-or-less accidentally by a Dutch optician, the telescope has evolved into one of man's best "eyes" to see things at great distances. They were the basis of a quantum increase in...
I suggest you read an article about the Hubble Space Telescope - for example, on the Wikipedia - and decide for yourself which of the facts you consider "interesting".