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Hubble Trouble
Sidedoor
English - July 13, 2022 04:00 - 31 minutes - 42.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 2K ratingsSociety & Culture exhibits air and space american history zoo natural history megan detrie museum exhibit sidedoor history Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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As NASA releases the James Webb Space Telescope's first images, we focus our lens on its predecessor: the Hubble Space Telescope. Prepare for liftoff, as we explore how America's first large space telescope went from a "billion-dollar blunder" to one of history's most important scientific instruments.
Guests:
Samantha Thompson, curator of science and technology at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum
Robert Smith, former space historian at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum; author, Hubble: Imaging Space and Time
Jeffrey Hoffman, NASA astronaut who repaired Hubble in 1993
Sandra Faber, professor of astronomy & astrophysics at University of California Observatories/Lick Observatory