I’d say that science is actually a collection of interpretations, and these interpretations have real legitimacy, but they could never be complete accounts of the world. Part of what makes scientific explanations so powerful is that their domain is sharply limited to the domains only in which they apply, and only from particular angles.
There are always going to be other valid and legitimate interpretations. That being said, there also invalid and illegitimate interpretations too. I’m not going full post-modern. Rather, I’m emphasizing the importance of critical realism, the blind men and the elephant (What Exactly Am I?).
And yes, science is a legitimate, beautiful, worthy and truthful pursuit.