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This view shows the STS-31 mission launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The launch happened at 8:33 a.m. EDT on April 24, 1990.
On April 25, 1990, Hubble deployed one solar panel, but the second one was not extended.
The photo was taken with a handheld Hasselblad camera. It was one of the first images NASA released on April 30, 1990, from the five-day STS-31 mission.
This image shows the Florida peninsula, the southeastern U.S. coast, and smog, taken by a Space Shuttle Discovery crewmember during the STS-31 mission in April 1990.
This photo shows the western end of the Sahara Desert and coastal areas of Mauritania, taken during the STS-31 space shuttle mission. It was captured from a southeast angle.
This photo shows the entire Hamersley Range in northwestern Australia. The mountains run east-west and are bordered by two river valleys to the north and south.