360What happened in 1990?
11 moments from 1990 on 360n60, each told in 60 words or fewer.
- History · 24 April 1990
The Hubble Space Telescope is launched
On 24 April 1990, the space shuttle Discovery carried the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit, and astronauts released it the next day. Above the blurring atmosphere, Hubble could see further and more sharply than telescopes on the ground. A flaw in its mirror was fixed by astronauts in 1993, and it has since made more than 1.5 million observations.
- History · 3 October 1990
Germany is reunified
On 3 October 1990, East and West Germany were reunited as one country, less than a year after the Berlin Wall fell. Germany had been divided since the end of the Second World War. Crowds celebrated in front of the Reichstag in Berlin. Germans now mark 3 October every year as the Day of German Unity.
- On this day · 24 April 1990
The Hubble Space Telescope is launched
On 24 April 1990, the space shuttle Discovery carried the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit. A flaw in its mirror was fixed by astronauts in 1993. Since then, Hubble has helped measure the age of the universe and captured some of the most famous images in astronomy.
- On this day · 3 October 1990
Germany is reunified
On 3 October 1990, East and West Germany were reunited as one country, less than a year after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Germans celebrate the date every year as the Day of German Unity.
- 1990 · from Scientists complete the Human Genome Project
The Human Genome Project begins
- 1 December 1990 · from The Channel Tunnel opens between Britain and France
Workers from both sides meet
- 1990 · from The 1990s: the World Wide Web goes public
Mandela freed; Hubble launched
- 24 April 1990 · from The Hubble Space Telescope is launched
Hubble is launched
- 1990 · from Tim Berners-Lee proposes the World Wide Web
First browser and server
- 3 October 1990 · from The Berlin Wall falls
German reunification
- 1990 · from NASA launches the two Voyager spacecraft
The 'Pale Blue Dot' photograph