William Atkins
Tuesday, 05 May 2009 18:58
Science -
Space
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Scott D. Altman, of Pekin, Illinois, will command the
STS-125 mission to Hubble. Retired Navy Capt. Gregory C. Johnson will be the pilot of the space shuttle
Atlantis.
Mission specialists for the flight include previous spacewalking astronauts John M. Grunsfeld and Michael J. Massimino and first-time astronauts Andrew J. Feustel, Michael T. Good, and K. Megan McArthur.
Myers says,
“It's been said that the IMAX experience is the next best thing to being in space, and with IMAX 3-D, the audience really is there…. With IMAX 3-D, we can transport people to galaxies that are 13 billion light years away -- back to the edge of time. Real star travel is here at last."
The NASA media release concludes by saying,
“Through the world's most immersive cinematic experience, "Hubble 3D" will give audiences a front row seat as the story unfolds. It will 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 IMAX 3-D.”
For additional information on the Hubble Space Telescope, please go to NASA website “
HubbleSite.”
As with Hubble's vast collection of recorded images, this website contains a vast amount of information on the 19-year mission (and counting) of the Hubble Space Telescope.
So far, the Hubble telescope has taken over 880,000 observations and over 570,000 images of 29,000 celestial bodies within the vast expanse of our Universe.
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