Hubble 3D (2010)
| Title | Hubble 3D |
| Original Title | IMAX: Hubble |
| Year | 2010 |
| Country | Canada |
| Genre | Documentary (Movies) |
| Collection | Space |
| Run Time | 45 min |
| Director |
The American documentary film, Hubble 3D (2010), follows Space Shuttle missions to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. Narrated by actor Leonardo DiCaprio, the movie features footage from various sources, including IMAX cameras brought into space on Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Missions via the Space Shuttle. This provided close-up shots and footage of maintenance tasks on the satellite. The first use of IMAX cameras on a servicing mission was during STS-61 in December 1993, with a subsequent use on STS-125 in May 2009 – which marked the final Space Shuttle mission to the Hubble. The IMAX 3D camera used during this mission contained a mile of film, resulting in only 8 minutes and 30 seconds of recorded footage.
The movie showcases a journey through various stunning locations, such as Saturn’s aurora, the Helix Nebula in Aquarius, the Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula, the Andromeda Galaxy, and the Butterfly Nebula. Through the use of highly detailed data and imagery from the HST, viewers are immersed within these images in two extended CGI fly-throughs. One sequence features billowing gaseous clouds and fast-moving stellar winds blowing through a vast canyon in the Orion Nebula, spanning 90 trillion miles. These captivating animations were produced by the Office of Public Outreach at the Space Telescope Science Institute and the Advanced Visualization Laboratory at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications.
Date of download: 2015-11-11T17:22:34+00:00
Cast:  Leonardo DiCaprioNarrator |
The American documentary film, Hubble 3D (2010), follows Space Shuttle missions to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. Narrated by actor Leonardo DiCaprio, the movie features footage from various sources, including IMAX cameras brought into space on Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Missions via the Space Shuttle. This provided close-up shots and footage of maintenance tasks on the satellite. The first use of IMAX cameras on a servicing mission was during STS-61 in December 1993, with a subsequent use on STS-125 in May 2009 – which marked the final Space Shuttle mission to the Hubble. The IMAX 3D camera used during this mission contained a mile of film, resulting in only 8 minutes and 30 seconds of recorded footage.
The movie showcases a journey through various stunning locations, such as Saturn’s aurora, the Helix Nebula in Aquarius, the Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula, the Andromeda Galaxy, and the Butterfly Nebula. Through the use of highly detailed data and imagery from the HST, viewers are immersed within these images in two extended CGI fly-throughs. One sequence features billowing gaseous clouds and fast-moving stellar winds blowing through a vast canyon in the Orion Nebula, spanning 90 trillion miles. These captivating animations were produced by the Office of Public Outreach at the Space Telescope Science Institute and the Advanced Visualization Laboratory at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications.
