Hubble Space Telescope Hits Orbit 100,000

The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) hit the 100,000-orbit mark today, nearly two decades after it launched into space. The beloved observatory has been faithfully circling Earth since its April 1990 launch, offering us Earthlings glimpses of the cosmos as we've never had before. Now, after travelling around Earth at nearly five miles per second for 100,000 orbits, Hubble's odometer reads about 2.72 billion miles — that's roughly 5,700 round trips to the Moon. More

(Source: Space.com - Aug 13)