Kind: captions
Language: en
[Music]
for this
astronaut time is running
out a space walker practices a critical
maneuver trying to prepare for a space
walking space it's hard you show up for
the World Series without practicing on
the field so to speak it's not working
as well as we had hoped the pressure is
on to get it right in orbit they'll only
have one chance to save a dying
Explorer the Hubble Space
telescope it is a mission so dangerous
for years NASA refused to attempt it the
risk of dying is one in 70 I mean it's
incredible these are a very brave people
Seven astronauts put their lives on the
line on a rescue mission the world is
watching but can Hubble be
saved the best known scientific
instrument in history the Hubble has
revolutionized astronomy and brought us
unsurpassed views of the universe it's
the most productive science instrument
that's ever been made we didn't know how
big the universe was how old it was
because of Hubble now we do we didn't
know that black holes really existed
because of Hubble we now know that black
holes are everywhere and Hubble
Telescope was the first telescope to
actually examine the composition of a
world around another star but the
telescope is in
Jeopardy half its science instruments
including the camera that took these
pictures are already
dead the only hope to rescue Hubble is a
shuttle
mission John grunsfeld leads one team of
space Walkers the Hubble was designed to
be serviced by people to take things out
put things in turn bolts keep it running
leading the second team is Mike mamino
if we can fix Hubble with its new
capabilities it's going to make some
great discoveries but planning this
Mission and pulling it off will require
a massive 7-year effort by a cast of
thousands Nova is there each step of the
way documenting a project unrivaled in
its complexity this flight has so many
more tools that were designed from Scrat
there we go okay we got another one
witness day-to-day challenges
choreography is what either makes you or
breaks you and unforeseen hurdles it
went miserably and then you start to
question yourself you know am I not
doing it right we have got to figure out
ways to get past those obstacles we get
one shot H has arrived on board Atlant
can any amount of training on Earth
prepare This Crew for what awaits in
space we're getting ready to go outside
Nova gets an insiders view of key
moments of the servicing Mission things
will go wrong on orbit they always do
what are the implications to break the B
crew members are an hour behind the
timeline card one is out oh that's un
believable you have raised the bar
enormously because suddenly you can see
what humans can do in space and as they
fire up the telescope what discoveries
await Hubble's amazing rescue this fall
on Nova