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Presents images from the camera on the Hubble Space Telescope. Images of the distant universe which were taken by the camera; Servicing of the observatory by the U.S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) which keeps the technology on the Hubble up-to-date; Distant galaxies which were recorded by the camera.

Describes images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. Eagle Nebula; Trifid Nebula in Sagittarius; Papillon Nebula; Star formation in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

Provides information on the Hubble Heritage Program, wherein a selection of images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope will be released to the public, initiated by scientists at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1998. Phases of the program; Examples of Hubble images to be released to the public; Information on the images.

Focuses on the use of electronic cameras on the Hubble Space Telescope, and the Hubble Telescope Servicing Mission, which repaired the telescope. Harm done to the telescope by meteoroid and debris impact, radiation, and temperature extremes; Work which was done on the telescope by astronauts James Newman and Michael Massimino; Images which were captured by the camera on the Hubble.

Provides information on Hubble Deep Field, an image released by astronomers in January 1996, which was collected over 10 days showing a tiny patch of sky near the Big Dipper. Significance of the image; Information on the Hubble Space Telescope; Features of the image.

Provides information on a Hubble Space Telescope natural color image, which provides a view of the scaled-down version of distant galaxies' bouts of massive star formation. Details on the phenomenon; Benefits of astronomers from Hubble.