The Science Behind 'IMAX Hubble 3D'

IMAX explores the legacy of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and its impact on our views about the universe.

The final space shuttle mission to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope is the subject of a new IMAX film. Narrated by Leonardo Di Caprio, "Hubble 3-D" was premiered during a special event held at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington.

The movie features the NASA astronauts from STS-125 who serviced Hubble in May 2009; an IMAX 3D camera mounted in space shuttle Atlantis' payload bay filmed their progress.

• http://www.youtube.com/NASAtelevision

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Vividly captured in IMAX 3D, "Hubble 3D" recounts the amazing journey of the most important scientific instrument since Galileos original telescope and the greatest success in space since the Moon Landing—the Hubble Space Telescope. Audiences will accompany the space walking astronauts as they attempt some of the most difficult tasks ever undertaken in NASA's history, and will experience up close the awesome power of the launches, the heartbreaking setbacks, and the dramatic rescues of this most powerful story.

Hubble 3D will also reveal the cosmos as never before, allowing viewers of all ages to explore the grandeur of the nebulae and galaxies, the birth and death of stars, and some of the greatest mysteries of our celestial surroundings, all in amazing IMAX 3D.

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Director: Toni Myers
Narrator: Leonardo DiCaprio
Astronauts: Scott D. Altman (Shuttle Commander), Andrew J. Feustel (Astronaut), Michael T. Good (Astronaut), John M. Grunsfeld (Mission Specialist), Gregory C. Johnson (Shuttle Pilot), Michael J. Massimino (Mission Specialist), K. Megan McArthur (Astronaut)

• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1433813/
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