In the thirty years since its launch, the Hubble Space Telescope has captured a breathtaking array of images, including photos of numerous planets, distant moons, active asteroids, disintegrating comets, exploding stars, towering nebulae, and colliding galaxies. But because the telescope is no longer being serviced by NASA, this remarkable time machine will likely stop operating sometime in the near future. To mark the thirtieth anniversary of its launch and to celebrate all that we have learned, Hubble user and one of the foremost experts on space photography, Prof. Jim Bell, has written the definitive book on the telescope, featuring:

• Spectacular high-resolution images that informed just about every discipline of astronomy
• Astounding discoveries and the new research Hubble has spawned
• The engineering that made Hubble (and its maintenance and upgrades) possible
• What comes next for Hubble, and the space-based telescopes that will replace it