The Hubble Space Telescope

Witness History

BBC

History, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2017

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

In April 1990 the huge space telescope was launched into orbit above the earth. But when it began sending images back to Nasa - they were out of focus. In 2010 Lucy Williamson spoke to Mike Weiss, the Nasa engineer in charge of fixing it.

(Photo: The Hubble Space Telescope. Credit Nasa)

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1:05.4	You're listening to the Witness Podcast.
1:08.0	History as told by the people who were there.
1:10.6	And today we're taking you back to April 1990 when the Hubble
1:14.9	telescope was launched into space, but the first pictures it sent back to Earth
1:19.4	were out of focus. In 2010 Lucy Williamson spoke to Mike Weiss, the engineer in charge of fixing it.
1:27.0	T-minous 10 go for main engine start. We are go for main engine start. minus six five four three two one and
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