While spaceships, space suits and their related topics pique our interest, we here at Intlvac really perk up when the concept of vacuum comes up. A Latin term to describe 'The Void', the word 'Vacuum' is used to describe the boundless expanse of the cosmos. Yet while some work hard to get it, we are adamant about bringing it to us.

From 1923 where the prospect of an earth orbiting telescope was theorized, to the HST's specific design concepts introduced in 1962, to its launch in 1990, and its final service mission in 2009, the HST has persevered to become a scientific marvel.