Program archive

Great Observatories

Great Observatories is explored here through 5 archived missions, from Hubble Space Telescope through James Webb Space Telescope, with the program’s spacecraft, people, milestones, and source-backed history connected along the way.

Missions: 5
People: 0
Vehicles: 5

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Great Observatories timeline

5 flights. One complete program record.

Follow every archived flight from the earliest development test through the program’s latest flown mission, with its defining milestones and mission hardware connected along the way.

Every Great Observatories program record

All 5 flown and non-flight archive records arranged chronologically.

Launch corridor

5 flights and tests compressed into 1 expandable arc.

Arc 01Ignition1990–2021 · 5 records

Flight arc 01IgnitionHubble Space Telescope → James Webb Space Telescope1990–2021 · 5 records1990–2021
5 records