**Hubble's Blurry Start: From Disaster to Discovery**
Published: January 10, 2026
Duration: 1:56
# Astronomy Tonight Podcast
This is your Astronomy Tonight podcast.
Tonight, we're celebrating January 10th—a date that holds special significance in our cosmic history! On this very day in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery, and let me tell you, this wasn't just any satellite going up into orbit.
The Hubble was supposed to be humanity's eye on the universe—a pristine optical observatory that would revolutionize our understanding of the cosmos. But here's where the story gets deliciously dramatic: when Hubble started sending back images in the weeks foll...
This is your Astronomy Tonight podcast.
Tonight, we're celebrating January 10th—a date that holds special significance in our cosmic history! On this very day in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery, and let me tell you, this wasn't just any satellite going up into orbit.
The Hubble was supposed to be humanity's eye on the universe—a pristine optical observatory that would revolutionize our understanding of the cosmos. But here's where the story gets deliciously dramatic: when Hubble started sending back images in the weeks foll...