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Powers of observation

Nature volume 454, pages 694–695 (2008)Cite this article

A perceptive history documents the many remarkable people who envisioned, built and launched the Hubble Space Telescope, explains Robert A. Brown.

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  1. Robert A. Brown is an astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore 21218, Maryland, USA. rbrown@stsci.edu ,

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