Hubble (2010) on Netflix
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Seven astronauts fly Space Shuttle Atlantis on a final mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. Cameras ride along, and the telescope's images carry viewers through nebulas and galaxies.
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Trailer
Plot summary
Cameras travel with the crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis on the final servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, maintaining and upgrading the observatory in orbit. On an earlier servicing flight, an IMAX camera had gone up as well; the one carried on this mission holds a mile of film, enough for eight and a half minutes of footage. Seven astronauts work at the telescope, and technicians turn its data into two extended fly-throughs that put viewers inside those images. One of them crosses a cloud canyon in the Orion Nebula, where million-mile-an-hour stellar winds blow; the telescope's own pictures lead past the Helix Nebula, the Pillars of Creation, the Andromeda Galaxy and the Butterfly Nebula.
Cast
- Scott D. Altmanas Self - Shuttle Commander
- Megan McArthuras Self - Astronaut
- Andrew J. Feustelas Self - Astronaut
- Michael T. Goodas Self - Astronaut
- John M. Grunsfeldas Self - Mission Specialist
- Gregory C. Johnsonas Self - Shuttle Pilot
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Hubble (2010)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The IMAX 3D camera flown on STS-125, the final Space Shuttle servicing mission to Hubble in May 2009, held a mile of film, but that was enough for only 8 minutes 30 seconds of footage.
- The film's footage came from multiple sources, among them IMAX cameras carried into orbit on Space Shuttle servicing missions; from there they filmed the Hubble Telescope close up and during maintenance.
