>>ANNOUNCER: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1,
and lift-off of the Space Shuttle Discovery
with the Hubble Space Telescope, our window on the universe.
[music]
OVER ONE MILLION OBSERVATIONS
GROUND-BREAKING SCIENCE
NEBULAE
EXOPLANETS
STARS
BLACK HOLES
SOLAR SYSTEM
DARK MATTER
GALAXIES
DARK ENERGY
THE CULMINATION OF DECADES OF HUMAN INGENUITY
OVER 14,000 PEER-REVIEWED PAPERS
SUPPORTED BY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ON THE GROUND
AND 32 ASTRONAUTS IN SPACE
FIVE SERVICING MISSIONS
DATA FOR THREE NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS
ONE TELESCOPE
>>JOHN GRUNSFELD: Hubble isn't just a satellite.
It's about humanity's quest for knowledge.
The only way of finding the limits of the possible
is by going beyond them into the impossible.
I want to wish Hubble its own set of adventures,
that it may unlock further mysteries of the universe.
[music fades]
[satellite swooshes by]
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