Hubble 4 DVD Gift Set DVD

The Hubble Space Telescope was deployed from the Space Shuttle Discovery on April 25,1990 and with 20 years of service it has proved invaluable in providing us with information from our own solar system right through to galaxies well over 12 billion light years away. It has revolutionised astronomy and changed forever our knowledge of deep space and the history of the universe itself. Hubble Live: The Final MissionWith its main engines burning and solid rocket boosters roaring, space shuttle Atlantis blazes a trail through the blue skies over the Kennedy Space Center... in Florida on a mission to install new equipment on Hubble. We follow the live broadcast as the seven astronauts board the Shuttle on this risky mission to upgrade the apparatus in order to extend Hubble's life. Hubble: Mission CriticalThis is the inside story of the most dangerous Shuttle mission to Hubble. The future of the space telescope depends on the success of this mission. During their five demanding space walks,the crew of the Shuttle will have to perform some of the riskiest repair work ever attempted in space and bring Hubble back into better than before working order. Follow the Space Shuttle Atlantis from take off from Kennedy Space Center to touch down at Edwards Air Base in this thrilling programme. Hubble: The End of The Universe, Hubble’s Final ChapterIntense training in a neutral buoyancy pool for up to six hours a day is just one of the preparations that the astronauts have to undertake before they are ready to go on the most challenging mission ever attempted to the Hubble Space Telescope. We follow them as they also undertake hundreds of hours of rehearsal in the world's largest clean room where they practice the delicate, complex and time consuming tasks they will have to undertake to extend the life of the world's trailblazing telescope. Hubble: Secrets From SpaceThe Hubble Space Telescope was deployed from the Space Shuttle Discovery on April 25, 1990 and with 20 years of service it has proved invaluable in providing us with information from our own solar system right through to galaxies well over 12 billion light years away. It has revolutionised astronomy and changed forever our knowledge of deep space and the history of the universe itself. [show more]

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