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The History Hour: The launch of the Hubble Space Telescope

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21/03/2020 GMT

The launch of the Hubble Space Telescope

BBC World Service - The History Hour, The launch of the Hubble Space Telescope

Putting an observatory in space; China's cure for malaria; the "Red Scare" in Hollywood.

In 1990, NASA launched the historic mission which put into orbit the Hubble Space Telescope. The orbiting observatory has revolutionized astronomy and allowed us to peer deeper than ever before into the Universe. We hear from astronaut, Kathryn Sullivan. Plus, China's cure for malaria, the "Red Scare" in Hollywood in the 1940s and 50s, and a pioneering sexual harassment case at the US Supreme Court.

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