More Hubble goodness, this time with... Data?

Celebrate Hubble Space Telescope 20 years in space with NASA's cool video featuring Brent Spiner. Discover its fully functional capabilities.

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NASA has put together a pretty cool video to celebrate Hubble Space Telescope's 20 years in space. If that narrator's voice sounds familiar, that's because it's Brent Spiner, the actor who played Data on "Star Trek: The Next Generation". Apparently, Hubble is fully functional and programmed for multiple techniques.

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