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Hubble Space Telescope: A new lease of life: 17 years in orbit
- Video Tape only
- Title Hubble Space Telescope: A new lease of life: 17 years in orbit
- Released: 04/04/2007
- Language English
- Footage Type
- Copyright ESA
- Description
Hubble Space Telescope - 17 years in orbit is no age!
ESA TV Exchanges
Tuesday 24 April 2007 will be 17th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope launch.
2008 will see a last Shuttle maintenance mission with the objective to completely overhaul it and bring the fruitful in-orbit life of this observatory as close as possible to a quarter century.
Today's Exchange features views by former ESA astronaut Claude Nicollier and by astronomer Peter Schneider from Bonn, Germany, on the last Hubble Servicing Mission. Nicollier tells why astronauts accept taking a risk for their live in a Shuttle mission to Hubble, and Schneider explains why astronomers have no alternative to Hubble despite its relative age.
The Exchange also includes background footage on past Hubble servicing missions, and a selection of Hubble astronomical observations.
The script is online as a PDF file under http://television.esa.int/photos/EbS49270.pdf
A WMV preview clip is online under http://esatv-movies.e-vision.nl/videos/mphi/hubble_04Title: Hubble, a new lease of life
A-Roll start 10:01:00
10:01:30 Of all the great space observatories, the Hubble telescope has certainly been providing the most dazzling results ñ both scientifically and in terms of beautiful images.
10:01:51 The 11-tonne satellite, a joint collaboration between NASA and the European Space Agency, was launched in April 1990 and has been serviced by the Shuttle on four occasions.
10:02:03 The first in 1993 was one of the most crucial and complex missions ever carried out, to correct the telescopeís wrongly manufactured main mirror.
10:02:14 Clip Claude Nicollier, ESA astronaut ""And the mission was a total success. Although I didnít do a space walk, personally it was the most exhilarating mission I have ever done, taking part in a rescue operation, yes thatís what it was. And from January 2004, the first images after the repairs and the correction of the telescopeís optics showed that the observatory was working perfectly, and from that
- Length 13:57:00
- Format BETACAM
- Commercial Use No
- Producer Ingrid van de Vijver
- Executive World Wide Pictures