Product Details

• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Wgbh Boston
• VHS Release Date: March 28, 2000
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• ASIN: 6304463111
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #411,144 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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Remember when the words "Hubble Space telescope" were little more than a punchline? NASA sure does. The foibles caused by a defective mirror launched not only a thousand one-liners but a heroic rescue effort as well, thoroughly documented here in Nova's Rescue Mission in Space. NASA's team of scientists and astronauts found inspiration in the most unlikely sources when setting out to pull the telescope aside for its cosmic pit stop--going so far as to base the design for a robotic arm on a German shower head. Through thrilling footage of the five space walks it took to fix the mirror (with a sort of gigantic contact lens) and computer-animated sequences that simplify the Hubble's components, Rescue Mission in Space is sure to have stargazers glued to their screens. --Ryan Boudinot

Product Description

Travel into space for the dramatic space repair of the Hubble Telescope and view the stunning images of space the Hubble now produces.