Fixing the Hubble Space Telescope | Dr. Jeffrey Hoffman

Fixing the Hubble Space Telescope is an educational module designed for use in the planetarium for both the general public and for school groups in grades 5-12. The module consists of this handbook and a full-dome video explaining the original problem with Hubble’s optics and the engineering of the fix. The video is narrated, in part, by Dr. Jeffrey Hoffman, one of the astronauts who performed a series of spacewalks to repair the telescope in 1993.

This material is based upon work supported by NASA under grant number NNX12AL19G. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed are those of the Museum of Science, Boston and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).