[00:01.080]--- Lesson 61 Trouble with the Hubble
[00:06.760]--- First listen and then answer the question.
[00:12.640]--- What is the special importance of a telescope in space?
[00:20.240]The Hubble telescope was launched into space by NASA on April 20,1990 at a cost of over a billion dollars.
[00:33.720]Right from the start there was trouble with the Hubble.
[00:38.480]The pictures it sent us were very disappointing because its main mirror was faulty!
[00:46.360]NASA is now going to put the telescope right, so it will soon be sending up four astronauts to repair it.
[00:55.720]The shuttle Endeavour will be taking the astronauts to the Hubble.^“
[01:01.600]A robot-arm from the Endeavour will grab the telescope and hold it while the astronauts make the necessary repairs.
[01:11.880]Of course, the Hubble is above the earth's atmosphere,
[01:17.520]so it will soon be sending us the clearest pictures of the stars and distant galaxies that we have ever seen.
[01:26.680]The Hubble will tell us a great deal about the age and size of the universe.
[01:33.560]By the time you read this, the Hubble's eagle eye will have sent us thousands and thousands of wonderful pictures.
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