The European Space Agency (ESA) is Europe’s gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world.
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Exploring our Solar System and unlocking the secrets of the Universe
Go to topicProtecting life and infrastructure on Earth and in orbit
Go to topicUsing space to benefit citizens and meet future challenges on Earth
Go to topicMaking space accessible and developing the technologies for the future
Go to topicMaterial relating to the joint ESA/NASA mission Hubble Space Telescope, including a general overview, the service mission and an interview with the ESA astronaut Claude Nicollier.
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10:00:00:00 contents page
10:00:07:00 ESA opening sequence
10:00:17:00 title: Hubble Space Telescope - an overview
10:00:21:00 animation Hubble Space Telescope [HST]
10:00:37:00 mls observatory
10:00:56:00 var s' manufacture of HST primary mirror
10:01:04:00 animation: HST to cam
10:01:11:00 Hubble images
10:01:16:00 animation: installation of HST corrective optics
10:01:28:00 cs HST, Earth in b/g
10:01:34:00 gvs' EVA astronauts in shuttle
10:01:41:00 ls HST deployment
10:01:45:00 gvs' astronauts train in underwater neutral buoyancy simulator
10:02:04:00 animation: replacement of HST solar arrays, general adjustments
10:02:36:00 mcs Claude Nicollier, ESA astronaut
10:03:27:00 title: The Service Mission
10:03:31:00 animation: HST
10:03:44:00 gvs' Discovery launch of HST in 1990
10:04:15:00 ls astronauts train underwater
10:04:28:00 title: Interview With Claude Nicollier
10:04:31:00 mcs Nicollier
10:04:48:00 var HST images
10:05:02:00 ms HST researchers with computer; cs monitor out