Hubblecast 35: The stuff of legend
Channel: HubbleWebbESA
Date: 2010-06-24

Gearing up for the 20th anniversary of the legendary space observatory, Dr. J takes a look at the story of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Born of an ambitious idea, it took decades for Hubble to become a reality. The project was complex and often faced huge setbacks but, ultimately, the powerful telescope took to the skies aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on 24 April 1990.

Look back through the decades with this – the first of two special Hubble 20th anniversary Hubblecasts. And stay tuned for the next anniversary Hubblecast.

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Credit:
ESA/Hubble  
Visual design & Editing: Martin Kornmesser  
Animations: Martin Kornmesser  
Web Technical Support: Lars Holm Nielsen & Raquel Yumi Shida  
Written by: Colleen Sharkey   
Presented by: Dr Joe Liske (Dr J)  
Narration: Gaitee Hussain  
Music: movetwo & John Dyson from the CD Darklight  
Select still images: NASA, ESA, NASA/JPL-Caltech and Hermann-Oberth-Raumfahrt-Museum e.V.  
Select video footage: NASA  
Directed by: Colleen Sharkey  
Executive producer: Lars Lindberg Christensen  
Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin