Episode 1: Driving The Telescope (Hubble – Eye in the Sky miniseries)
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- James Leigh
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- Directed by:
- James Leigh
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- James Leigh
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Episode 1: Driving the Telescope – Visit Hubble’s control center to learn about the challenges and techniques of performing extraordinarily detailed observations with an orbiting space telescope. Tour the rarely seen, life-size simulator at NASA that helps engineers and operators investigate problems and test new solutions before implementing them on the real telescope in space.
This series, Hubble – Eye in the Sky, takes you behind the scenes into the world of Hubble Space Telescope operations. Discover the strategies needed to run a bus-sized observatory as it speeds around Earth at 17,000 miles per hour, and find out how Hubble collects the incredible images and groundbreaking data that have transformed humanity’s vision of space. Witness the ingenuity that keeps such a complex and remote machine working to investigate the mysteries of the universe for more than 30 years.
For more information, visit https://nasa.gov/hubble.
Production & Post:
Origin
Videos & Images:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
European Space Agency
Space Telescope Science Institute
Music:
The Machines — Richard Canavan
Interesting Conundrum — K1Woods
Watching The Stars — Rimsky Music
Better Times Coming — Zeonium
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Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Visualizer
- Martin Kornmesser (ESA)
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Editor
- James Leigh (Origin Films) [Lead]
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Director
- James Leigh (Origin Films) [Lead]
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Director of photography
- James Ball (Origin Films)
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Producer
- James Leigh (Origin Films) [Lead]
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Support
- Erin Kisliuk (TRAX International)
- James Jeletic (NASA/GSFC)
- Jeannine Kashif (ASRC Federal System Solutions)
- Lynn Bassford (Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company)
- Maureen Disharoon (ASRC Federal System Solutions)
- Paul Morris (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Additional photography, coloring & mix
- Matthew Duncan (Origin Films)
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Production & edit assistant
- Lucy Lund (Origin Films)
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Sound recordist
- Alex Jennings (Origin Films)
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