1 00:01:59,661 --> 00:02:02,329 Seven brave astronauts are about to launch... 2 00:02:02,497 --> 00:02:07,709 ...on the most challenging and risky mission ever flown in space. 3 00:02:12,048 --> 00:02:14,758 It's an interesting emotion when you're sitting there... 4 00:02:14,926 --> 00:02:18,720 ...and realizing the clock is ticking. 5 00:02:18,888 --> 00:02:21,598 - All the preparation time is over. - Feel okay, sir? 6 00:02:21,766 --> 00:02:25,727 It's time to go out there and do it. 7 00:02:26,521 --> 00:02:29,439 All right. Okay, good. 8 00:02:29,607 --> 00:02:30,816 It's not a foolhardy risk. 9 00:02:30,984 --> 00:02:34,278 It's not roller-skating down Massachusetts Avenue in rush hour. 10 00:02:34,445 --> 00:02:37,322 If there's some risk that goes along with achieving a dream... 11 00:02:37,490 --> 00:02:40,784 ...I think it's worth it, and that's what I would wanna tell my kids. 12 00:02:40,952 --> 00:02:42,870 Dreams do come true. 13 00:02:43,037 --> 00:02:44,079 Okay. 14 00:02:44,539 --> 00:02:46,373 It felt a lot like Christmas morning. 15 00:02:46,541 --> 00:02:48,417 You know, going to get to open your presents. 16 00:02:48,585 --> 00:02:50,043 I got up, big smile on my face. 17 00:02:50,211 --> 00:02:53,213 And marched down to have my breakfast and just really felt great. 18 00:02:53,381 --> 00:02:55,632 Right now the thing I'm looking forward to most... 19 00:02:55,800 --> 00:03:00,387 ...is the solid rocket booster ignition. I wanna get started. 20 00:03:01,389 --> 00:03:06,185 I think it was my grandfather that had the most profound influence on me. 21 00:03:06,352 --> 00:03:09,897 He'd bring out the binoculars and he'd teach us about the sky. 22 00:03:10,064 --> 00:03:14,443 No idea that I would be traveling to the stars. 23 00:03:14,611 --> 00:03:15,986 But here I am. 24 00:03:16,654 --> 00:03:21,200 I go through the mission in my mind, and ask, "Okay... 25 00:03:21,367 --> 00:03:25,954 ...what could go wrong?" And I ask myself, "Are we ready to handle that?" 26 00:03:29,125 --> 00:03:34,171 This is the last chance to save the Hubble Space Telescope. 27 00:03:58,321 --> 00:04:03,116 Here we are, cocooned on our beautiful planet Earth... 28 00:04:03,284 --> 00:04:08,163 ...warmed by the light of our nearest star, the sun. 29 00:04:09,207 --> 00:04:12,000 When you see our home like this, you think: 30 00:04:12,168 --> 00:04:15,212 "Out there in all that black space... 31 00:04:15,380 --> 00:04:18,340 ...could there be another place like it? 32 00:04:19,092 --> 00:04:21,927 Is there anybody else out there?" 33 00:04:25,807 --> 00:04:29,977 The nearest of those stars is billions of miles away... 34 00:04:30,144 --> 00:04:33,480 ...but that hasn't stopped us from exploring them. 35 00:04:34,190 --> 00:04:36,400 Galileo was the first. 36 00:04:36,567 --> 00:04:41,071 Centuries later, we built a truly magical machine... 37 00:04:41,239 --> 00:04:44,866 ...the likes of which Galileo could never have imagined. 38 00:04:45,034 --> 00:04:46,076 Nice and slow. 39 00:04:47,453 --> 00:04:50,372 The Hubble Space Telescope. 40 00:04:51,916 --> 00:04:56,753 It took more than 10 years and 10,000 people to build. 41 00:04:56,921 --> 00:04:58,046 Keep coming. 42 00:04:58,214 --> 00:05:02,009 And it would be the first of its kind to be launched into orbit around the Earth. 43 00:05:02,176 --> 00:05:06,471 Okay, stop. Okay, hold it steady. 44 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:16,940 This astronaut crew was chosen to ferry the telescope to space. 45 00:05:17,108 --> 00:05:18,483 Hello, hello, hello. 46 00:05:18,651 --> 00:05:22,279 They launched from the Kennedy Space Center aboard the shuttle Discovery. 47 00:05:22,447 --> 00:05:24,573 T-minus 10, go for main engine start. 48 00:05:24,741 --> 00:05:26,575 We are go for main engine start. 49 00:05:26,743 --> 00:05:29,536 T-minus six, five, four... 50 00:05:29,704 --> 00:05:32,247 ...three, two, one. 51 00:05:32,415 --> 00:05:34,666 And liftoff. 52 00:05:51,934 --> 00:05:56,021 With the sea and clouds of Earth reflecting on its door... 53 00:05:56,189 --> 00:06:02,402 ...the great silver bird was released to soar in orbit 320 miles above us. 54 00:06:13,164 --> 00:06:17,793 Soon it would be sending images back to us. 55 00:06:19,295 --> 00:06:23,465 Could we finally unlock the secrets of the universe? 56 00:06:25,510 --> 00:06:29,096 Would we discover other worlds like ours? 57 00:06:34,894 --> 00:06:40,273 The whole world waited for Hubble to open its enormous eye. 58 00:06:43,319 --> 00:06:46,905 Engineers have discovered that the giant telescope has a warped mirror. 59 00:06:47,073 --> 00:06:51,660 One of the mirrors in the Hubble Space Telescope is out of shape, and as a result... 60 00:06:51,828 --> 00:06:55,539 ...the pictures it's sending back are no better than those from the ground. 61 00:06:55,706 --> 00:06:57,374 You've got a go to open the doors. 62 00:06:57,542 --> 00:06:59,501 Okay, swinging. 63 00:06:59,669 --> 00:07:03,046 It would be three long years before astronauts could return... 64 00:07:03,214 --> 00:07:05,465 ...with a remedy for the ailing Hubble. 65 00:07:05,633 --> 00:07:09,136 I'm not even pulling it, I'm just coaxing it with my fingertips. 66 00:07:09,303 --> 00:07:11,888 Pitch, pitch up a little. 67 00:07:13,975 --> 00:07:16,059 They installed two instruments... 68 00:07:16,227 --> 00:07:20,021 ...each containing a huge contact lens. 69 00:07:21,107 --> 00:07:26,486 Scientists hoped the new lenses would sharpen the telescope's blurry vision. 70 00:07:27,572 --> 00:07:29,364 Good work, guys. 71 00:07:33,369 --> 00:07:37,038 Above the splendor of Africa's Cape of Good Hope... 72 00:07:37,206 --> 00:07:40,250 ...Hubble was launched once again. 73 00:07:42,670 --> 00:07:46,298 In the next 10 years, three more astronaut crews... 74 00:07:46,466 --> 00:07:50,594 ...would repair and enhance Hubble's vision even further... 75 00:07:50,761 --> 00:07:55,724 ...transporting us to places we could only have dreamed about. 76 00:07:59,770 --> 00:08:02,147 In a stream of staggering images... 77 00:08:02,315 --> 00:08:08,278 ...Hubble revealed the powerful prolonged aurora on Saturn. 78 00:08:11,699 --> 00:08:18,413 The haunting gaze of a dying star, the Helix Nebula. 79 00:08:23,419 --> 00:08:28,381 The awesome Eagle Nebula, known as the pillars of creation... 80 00:08:28,549 --> 00:08:31,760 ...a birthplace of stars. 81 00:08:34,096 --> 00:08:36,097 And the Mice... 82 00:08:36,265 --> 00:08:41,770 ...a pair of galaxies twisted and torn by their gravitational dance. 83 00:08:43,481 --> 00:08:46,483 Hubble captured imagery so complex... 84 00:08:46,651 --> 00:08:50,487 ...we can actually travel through it. 85 00:08:52,198 --> 00:08:55,116 This is real star travel. 86 00:08:56,619 --> 00:09:00,455 The bright star passing by is Sirius. 87 00:09:00,623 --> 00:09:06,169 It's one of the nearest to Earth, a mere 50 trillion miles away. 88 00:09:06,671 --> 00:09:10,882 We're now heading towards the three little stars in a slanted row there... 89 00:09:11,050 --> 00:09:13,969 ...called Orion's Belt. 90 00:09:15,429 --> 00:09:20,517 Distances here are so vast, they're measured in light-years. 91 00:09:20,685 --> 00:09:24,980 A single light-year is almost six trillion miles. 92 00:09:25,147 --> 00:09:28,817 Orion is 1500 light-years away. 93 00:09:28,985 --> 00:09:35,282 That means we're traveling at 150 trillion miles a second. 94 00:09:38,744 --> 00:09:43,665 We're going to explore that rose-colored cloud just below the belt. 95 00:09:43,833 --> 00:09:46,960 It's called the Orion Nebula. 96 00:09:57,722 --> 00:10:02,100 There are amazing things happening inside these clouds. 97 00:10:07,982 --> 00:10:10,108 As we look through Hubble's eye... 98 00:10:10,276 --> 00:10:13,945 ...we're getting to see them as never before. 99 00:10:18,534 --> 00:10:23,622 We're descending into a gargantuan canyon of clouds. 100 00:10:24,248 --> 00:10:28,043 It's 90 trillion miles across. 101 00:10:42,975 --> 00:10:45,560 It's a star nursery. 102 00:10:48,397 --> 00:10:53,526 The biggest of the young stars are right in the center of the nursery. 103 00:10:53,694 --> 00:10:57,739 Their energy creates unbelievably strong winds... 104 00:10:57,907 --> 00:11:03,119 ...howling down this vast canyon at five million miles an hour. 105 00:11:08,918 --> 00:11:12,587 The winds have blasted out a huge bowl-shaped cavity... 106 00:11:12,755 --> 00:11:15,590 ...in the side of the cloud facing the Earth... 107 00:11:15,758 --> 00:11:18,134 ...giving Hubble and us... 108 00:11:18,302 --> 00:11:22,681 ...a window on the secret life of the stars inside. 109 00:11:29,730 --> 00:11:34,109 The biggest star here is surrounded by a flock of baby stars... 110 00:11:34,276 --> 00:11:37,445 ...each nested in its own cocoon. 111 00:11:40,449 --> 00:11:45,078 The wind from the giant star is blowing so hard against these little ones... 112 00:11:45,246 --> 00:11:51,376 ...it creates shock waves on their near sides, and long tails behind. 113 00:11:51,669 --> 00:11:57,674 That's why astronomers have nicknamed these strange objects "tadpoles." 114 00:11:58,801 --> 00:12:04,305 Inside each cocoon is an infant solar system. 115 00:12:08,227 --> 00:12:12,439 These tadpoles might turn into full-grown solar systems one day... 116 00:12:12,606 --> 00:12:17,694 ...but the continuous blast of wind may stunt their growth. 117 00:12:27,705 --> 00:12:31,166 But tucked away in a calmer part of Orion's nursery... 118 00:12:31,333 --> 00:12:33,293 ...Hubble has found confirmation... 119 00:12:33,461 --> 00:12:37,756 ...that planets are forming around other stars. 120 00:12:46,849 --> 00:12:51,186 Our own solar system may have looked just like this... 121 00:12:51,353 --> 00:12:56,232 ...when the sun had formed, but the Earth did not yet exist. 122 00:12:59,862 --> 00:13:04,157 Perhaps this is how we and our own world began. 123 00:13:14,084 --> 00:13:16,503 The once-ailing Hubble Space Telescope... 124 00:13:16,670 --> 00:13:18,922 ...offered its greatest performance yet... 125 00:13:19,089 --> 00:13:24,052 ...a glimpse of time and space astronomers had previously only dreamed about. 126 00:13:24,220 --> 00:13:26,221 But for the Hubble, time is running out... 127 00:13:26,388 --> 00:13:29,015 ...amid new concerns about safety in space. 128 00:13:29,767 --> 00:13:33,937 In early 2003, the tragic loss ofspace shuttle Columbia... 129 00:13:34,104 --> 00:13:36,648 ...forced NASA to rethink its program. 130 00:13:36,816 --> 00:13:39,400 NASA has canceled Hubble's final service mission. 131 00:13:39,568 --> 00:13:43,738 In Washington, Senator Barbara Mikulski led the charge to review the decision... 132 00:13:43,906 --> 00:13:47,492 ...questioning NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe's January claim... 133 00:13:47,660 --> 00:13:51,538 ...that keeping Hubble alive wasn't worth the cost or the risk. 134 00:13:51,747 --> 00:13:56,918 Hubble is not a piece of techno-junk that's creaky, tattered and worn. 135 00:13:57,294 --> 00:13:59,838 If we do nothing, then within about two years... 136 00:14:00,005 --> 00:14:02,632 ...either its gyroscopes or its batteries will die... 137 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:04,425 ...and it'll tumble out of control. 138 00:14:09,431 --> 00:14:14,310 But flight designers came up with a daring plan to reduce the risk. 139 00:14:14,478 --> 00:14:16,855 If the shuttle was damaged during launch... 140 00:14:17,022 --> 00:14:21,150 ...another one could come up and rescue the stranded crew. 141 00:14:25,531 --> 00:14:31,202 They could shimmy from one to the other down the arm, fireman style. 142 00:14:33,914 --> 00:14:36,791 We'll let them try it first. 143 00:14:40,796 --> 00:14:44,048 We are going to add a shuttle servicing mission... 144 00:14:44,216 --> 00:14:46,968 ...to the Hubble Space Telescope, to the shuttle's manifest... 145 00:14:47,136 --> 00:14:48,636 ...to be flown before it retires. 146 00:14:53,475 --> 00:14:55,143 The final mission is a go... 147 00:14:55,311 --> 00:14:58,313 ...and for the first time, a second orbiter stands ready... 148 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:00,982 ...in case there's a call for help. 149 00:15:02,526 --> 00:15:06,487 Just weeks to launch, the Hubble crew is training hard. 150 00:15:09,491 --> 00:15:13,202 The spacewalkers practice in this six million gallon pool... 151 00:15:13,370 --> 00:15:15,830 ...at the Johnson Space Center. 152 00:15:15,998 --> 00:15:18,917 It's the closest they can get to zero gravity. 153 00:15:19,084 --> 00:15:20,501 Motion is stopped for the stanchion. 154 00:15:20,669 --> 00:15:21,711 Okay. 155 00:15:21,879 --> 00:15:23,755 Four stories underwater... 156 00:15:23,923 --> 00:15:29,427 ...there's an entire shuttle cargo bay and a life-size model of Hubble. 157 00:15:31,013 --> 00:15:32,847 A big thing about this telescope... 158 00:15:33,015 --> 00:15:35,558 ...is it can point really, really accurately... 159 00:15:35,726 --> 00:15:39,020 ...and hold its position, and it's the gyros that allow you to do that. 160 00:15:39,188 --> 00:15:40,521 But they're in a tough spot. 161 00:15:40,689 --> 00:15:41,981 - Got them? - I got your legs. 162 00:15:42,149 --> 00:15:43,816 I'm gonna move in a little bit. 163 00:15:43,984 --> 00:15:47,278 We'll stick Mass, my spacewalking partner... 164 00:15:47,446 --> 00:15:52,408 ...up inside the telescope, in the bowels of the science instruments. 165 00:15:52,576 --> 00:15:54,369 We gotta be really careful around them. 166 00:15:54,536 --> 00:15:57,121 And I'm a big goon and I've gotta get inside of there. 167 00:15:57,289 --> 00:16:01,125 So this is the problem, how to get me inside of this really cramped place. 168 00:16:01,627 --> 00:16:05,213 He's gotta work in there, but he has to be perfectly still. 169 00:16:05,381 --> 00:16:08,633 And he can only work with one hand... 170 00:16:08,801 --> 00:16:11,761 ...right there amongst the fixed-head star trackers. 171 00:16:13,138 --> 00:16:15,223 They don't like to be bumped. And, you know... 172 00:16:15,391 --> 00:16:17,934 ...you knock them off their axes and they're useless. 173 00:16:18,102 --> 00:16:20,395 Then the whole telescope's useless. 174 00:16:26,902 --> 00:16:28,486 Mike Massimino... 175 00:16:28,654 --> 00:16:32,281 ...otherwise known as Mass, has serviced Hubble once before. 176 00:16:34,034 --> 00:16:35,576 - Got it. - Fun today? 177 00:16:35,744 --> 00:16:41,249 John Grunsfeld, on the left, is an astrophysicist and mountaineer. 178 00:16:41,417 --> 00:16:44,585 He's had more visits to Hubble than anyone else. 179 00:16:44,753 --> 00:16:46,170 Boy, are we having fun this time? 180 00:16:46,338 --> 00:16:50,925 This'll be the first trip to space for Mike Good, known as Bueno. 181 00:16:51,093 --> 00:16:55,179 He enjoys a slightly soggy hug from his wife Joan. 182 00:16:55,347 --> 00:16:58,766 Soon they'll be saying their goodbyes to families and friends. 183 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:07,400 Shuttle arm operator Megan McArthur describes the last hours before launch. 184 00:17:07,568 --> 00:17:09,736 I always loved being by the ocean... 185 00:17:09,903 --> 00:17:14,073 ...surrounded by dunes and, you know, seaside plants. 186 00:17:14,241 --> 00:17:16,826 It's very calming for me, down at Kennedy. 187 00:17:16,994 --> 00:17:19,954 And it's just a nice place to go kind of relax... 188 00:17:20,122 --> 00:17:22,123 ...and let your mind wander a little bit... 189 00:17:22,291 --> 00:17:26,794 ...and relieve you from the different cares about getting ready to launch. 190 00:17:30,424 --> 00:17:32,050 Launch day is finally here. 191 00:17:34,845 --> 00:17:37,889 It's no secret that space is a dangerous place. 192 00:17:38,057 --> 00:17:42,727 In the last two decades, 32 astronauts have put their own lives on the line... 193 00:17:42,895 --> 00:17:45,438 ...to give life to Hubble. 194 00:17:45,606 --> 00:17:49,984 Each one of these men and women is a true hero. 195 00:17:52,321 --> 00:17:54,447 T-minus five minutes and counting. 196 00:17:54,615 --> 00:17:57,575 Go for orbiter APU start. 197 00:17:57,951 --> 00:18:00,828 PLT, perform APU start. 198 00:18:01,914 --> 00:18:03,998 OTC, PLT and mark. 199 00:18:04,208 --> 00:18:05,500 - SRO. - SRO is go. 200 00:18:05,667 --> 00:18:08,211 - You have a range clear to launch. - And CDR. 201 00:18:08,378 --> 00:18:11,255 CDR and entire crew is go. 202 00:18:11,423 --> 00:18:13,633 Okay, Scooter. Look, it's a great day to go fly. 203 00:18:13,801 --> 00:18:17,595 On behalf of the KSC processing and launch team I'd like to wish you, your crew... 204 00:18:17,763 --> 00:18:21,474 ...and the Hubble Space Telescope team a great mission. Good luck, Godspeed. 205 00:18:21,642 --> 00:18:25,686 We'll see you back here in about 11 days. Enjoy the ride, pal. 206 00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:30,942 Nozzle check of the SRBs, firing chain is armed. 207 00:18:31,110 --> 00:18:33,569 Sound suppression water system armed. 208 00:18:33,737 --> 00:18:36,906 T-minus 10, nine... 209 00:18:37,074 --> 00:18:40,868 ...eight, seven... 210 00:18:41,036 --> 00:18:44,455 ...six, five... 211 00:18:44,623 --> 00:18:47,792 ...four, three... 212 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:51,087 ...two, one. 213 00:18:59,555 --> 00:19:04,976 And liftoff of space shuttle Atlantis! 214 00:19:26,832 --> 00:19:29,792 Atlantis on its way, all three engines now throttling down... 215 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:34,297 ...as the vehicle passes through the area of maximum dynamic pressure. 216 00:19:36,842 --> 00:19:39,969 Atlantis, go at throttle up. 217 00:19:40,596 --> 00:19:44,473 Houston, Atlantis copies. Go at throttle. 218 00:19:47,477 --> 00:19:49,145 Approaching staging... 219 00:19:49,313 --> 00:19:51,480 ...the burnout of the twin solid rocket boosters. 220 00:19:51,648 --> 00:19:55,443 Thrust tailing off and SRBs standing by for separation. 221 00:20:03,118 --> 00:20:05,203 Separation confirmed. 222 00:20:05,829 --> 00:20:08,456 Phenomenal first stage performance. 223 00:20:10,292 --> 00:20:13,461 Atlantis is continuing in its due easterly course... 224 00:20:13,629 --> 00:20:18,007 ...to catch up with the Hubble Space Telescope one last time. 225 00:20:31,980 --> 00:20:35,942 - Hey Ray J, welcome to orbit. - It's great to be here, Doug. 226 00:20:36,109 --> 00:20:40,321 - How was that ride? - It was wild, basically. 227 00:20:40,489 --> 00:20:42,156 I like this floating in space. 228 00:20:43,992 --> 00:20:47,495 - You have something in here? - My food is in my stomach. 229 00:20:47,663 --> 00:20:51,290 - Best place to store food is your stomach. - Mine was there temporarily. 230 00:20:51,458 --> 00:20:54,001 - Now it's in my tummy. - Well, hopefully it stays there. 231 00:20:54,169 --> 00:20:58,256 You don't really shower. You wet a washcloth with this. 232 00:20:58,423 --> 00:21:01,509 This is our water-wetter thing. It's kind of like a garden hose. 233 00:21:01,677 --> 00:21:04,345 Let me show you how it works here. 234 00:21:04,513 --> 00:21:08,474 All I can tell you about going to the bathroom in space is suction. 235 00:21:10,060 --> 00:21:12,687 - Hey, John. - Hey, Drew. 236 00:21:12,854 --> 00:21:15,189 - What's going on? - Not too much, what you doing? 237 00:21:15,357 --> 00:21:18,317 - Hanging around. - What are you, a bat? 238 00:21:18,485 --> 00:21:21,279 Nope, just a spacewalker. 239 00:21:21,905 --> 00:21:23,823 Those tears on the shield shell were-- 240 00:21:23,991 --> 00:21:28,703 Day three. Their first task is to capture Hubble. 241 00:21:28,870 --> 00:21:33,207 The rendezvous is basically us finding the telescope. 242 00:21:35,627 --> 00:21:38,629 Now it's doing 17,500 miles an hour... 243 00:21:38,797 --> 00:21:40,923 ...so by the time we get right next to it... 244 00:21:41,091 --> 00:21:43,843 ...we're doing the same thing. 245 00:21:44,011 --> 00:21:48,180 That's the tense part, are we going the right speed? 246 00:21:48,348 --> 00:21:49,849 To make things even harder... 247 00:21:50,017 --> 00:21:53,227 ...in orbit the sun rises and sets every 90 minutes. 248 00:21:54,021 --> 00:21:55,521 .03, I see you slowing down. 249 00:21:55,689 --> 00:21:58,441 Till we can finally come up right underneath the telescope... 250 00:21:58,608 --> 00:22:02,194 ...with it floating just inches away from the aft window... 251 00:22:02,362 --> 00:22:05,197 ...so that Megan can reach out with the arm and grapple it. 252 00:22:05,365 --> 00:22:08,576 - Still 0.03 over the pin. - Over the pin. 253 00:22:08,744 --> 00:22:10,786 - Keep coming. - Keep going. 254 00:22:12,581 --> 00:22:15,082 - I see halfway down. - Envelope out the window. 255 00:22:15,250 --> 00:22:16,542 Trigger. 256 00:22:16,710 --> 00:22:18,586 - Timer. - We got it. 257 00:22:18,754 --> 00:22:20,963 - Close and capture. - I got close and capture. 258 00:22:21,131 --> 00:22:22,590 Congratulations. Awesome job. 259 00:22:22,758 --> 00:22:26,886 Houston, Atlantis, Hubble has arrived on board Atlantis. 260 00:22:27,054 --> 00:22:29,513 Atlantis, Houston, we copy. Nice job, Megan... 261 00:22:29,681 --> 00:22:31,599 ...it's great to be back with the telescope. 262 00:22:40,359 --> 00:22:43,277 Once we have the telescope hovering over the latches... 263 00:22:43,445 --> 00:22:45,613 ...the idea is to just bring it straight down... 264 00:22:45,781 --> 00:22:49,116 ...slow enough so that if we did perhaps tap into the latches at all... 265 00:22:49,284 --> 00:22:51,619 ...that no damage would be done. 266 00:22:57,376 --> 00:22:59,460 This last mission to repair it... 267 00:22:59,628 --> 00:23:03,422 ...will be the most challenging and difficult of all. 268 00:23:03,965 --> 00:23:07,927 These are our EVA, that means spacewalking... 269 00:23:08,095 --> 00:23:11,138 ...tool caddies, called mini workstations. 270 00:23:11,306 --> 00:23:14,934 They have our tethers on them so we don't lose things. We can tether to stuff. 271 00:23:15,102 --> 00:23:16,811 You always gotta have that on you. 272 00:23:16,978 --> 00:23:18,396 You gotta have these on. 273 00:23:18,563 --> 00:23:19,980 - Drew? - Yeah. 274 00:23:20,148 --> 00:23:22,066 This is your first spacewalk tomorrow. 275 00:23:22,234 --> 00:23:24,110 What do you feel? What do you think? 276 00:23:24,277 --> 00:23:26,570 - I'm excited. I'm getting excited. - You're ready. 277 00:23:26,738 --> 00:23:29,865 Seeing Hubble come into the payload bay was pretty amazing. 278 00:23:30,033 --> 00:23:32,326 The rendezvous was fun and now we're ready to go. 279 00:23:32,494 --> 00:23:36,247 I'm looking forward to putting in the Wide Field Camera. 280 00:23:36,415 --> 00:23:39,417 - What's Wide Field gonna do? - Unlock the secrets to the universe. 281 00:23:39,584 --> 00:23:42,503 - That's right. - Unlock more secrets of the universe. 282 00:23:42,671 --> 00:23:44,130 - That's right. - Right. 283 00:23:46,049 --> 00:23:49,677 Getting dressed the day of a spacewalk, you know, it's very hard... 284 00:23:49,845 --> 00:23:52,221 ...just like a little kid going out in the snow... 285 00:23:52,389 --> 00:23:55,474 ...to get all those clothes on. You needed your mom. 286 00:23:57,519 --> 00:23:59,353 One of the last things you wanna do... 287 00:23:59,521 --> 00:24:04,024 ...because once your helmet goes on, you can't touch your face any longer, is scratch. 288 00:24:06,862 --> 00:24:08,696 Ah, what a beautiful view. 289 00:24:08,864 --> 00:24:13,993 It's just a wondrous sight to see our planet in its entirety. 290 00:24:16,496 --> 00:24:21,208 It's a gift that astronauts have been given. 291 00:24:25,422 --> 00:24:30,885 Day four: the installation of the critical Wide Field Camera. 292 00:24:31,052 --> 00:24:34,722 Right off the bat, trouble for John and Drew. 293 00:24:34,890 --> 00:24:37,558 One stuck bolt. 294 00:24:39,853 --> 00:24:42,563 The start of the spacewalk had been a little bit delayed. 295 00:24:42,731 --> 00:24:45,441 We were kind of up against the clock to begin with. 296 00:24:45,609 --> 00:24:48,694 And then running into that bolt. 297 00:24:48,862 --> 00:24:52,239 I'm thinking, you know, "We are right at the edge here. 298 00:24:52,407 --> 00:24:56,410 Our number-one science objective would be out the window on the first spacewalk." 299 00:24:56,578 --> 00:25:00,122 First roller's going in. Bring your down-- End down slightly. 300 00:25:00,290 --> 00:25:06,086 With a lot of perseverance, the Wide Field Camera is finally installed. 301 00:25:06,254 --> 00:25:08,380 Okay, that's good. 302 00:25:10,592 --> 00:25:12,760 Day five brings the delicate task... 303 00:25:12,928 --> 00:25:15,054 ...of replacing the three Rate Sensor Units... 304 00:25:15,222 --> 00:25:17,598 ...known as RSUs. 305 00:25:18,266 --> 00:25:22,603 If you're gonna be an astronaut, you gotta get used to the acronyms. 306 00:25:24,272 --> 00:25:27,483 Tiny cameras inside the spacewalkers' helmets... 307 00:25:27,651 --> 00:25:31,570 ...give us a unique over-shoulder view as they work. 308 00:25:34,115 --> 00:25:39,745 The new RSU is attached to a giant toothpick called a pick stick. 309 00:25:40,205 --> 00:25:44,917 Very carefully, Bueno guides it into position. 310 00:25:47,337 --> 00:25:53,133 One bump against the star tracker could cripple the telescope forever. 311 00:25:57,055 --> 00:26:00,266 One down, two more to go. 312 00:26:00,475 --> 00:26:04,645 For the next one, Mass goes in backwards. 313 00:26:07,482 --> 00:26:11,694 Okay, your feet are on the boot plate here, left foot a little bit left. 314 00:26:11,861 --> 00:26:14,947 - Okay, so, I'll take your right foot in first. - Okay. 315 00:26:15,115 --> 00:26:17,491 Right toe's coming in. 316 00:26:17,659 --> 00:26:19,994 Uh-- Heel inboard. 317 00:26:20,829 --> 00:26:22,246 Okay. 318 00:26:22,414 --> 00:26:24,999 By nightfall, they're in trouble. 319 00:26:25,500 --> 00:26:27,501 Anything sticking out the back of that? 320 00:26:27,669 --> 00:26:28,669 I don't know. 321 00:26:28,837 --> 00:26:31,880 This RSU just will not go in. 322 00:26:32,382 --> 00:26:33,632 Coming off the plate. 323 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:35,342 Doesn't feel seated. 324 00:26:35,510 --> 00:26:36,927 I don't think it is. 325 00:26:37,095 --> 00:26:40,472 I'm hitting something on the bottom right now. I can't come down anymore. 326 00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:42,600 See if you can drive it, it might work. 327 00:26:42,767 --> 00:26:45,227 Now go left a little bit, just little, little, little. 328 00:26:45,395 --> 00:26:49,648 Little bit more, little bit more right. Little more, roll right. 329 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:53,652 Okay, now come, come in. 330 00:26:53,820 --> 00:26:56,030 After hours of exhausting attempts... 331 00:26:56,197 --> 00:26:58,032 ...in minus 200 degree temperatures.... 332 00:26:58,199 --> 00:27:02,620 - I've definitely got it. - Excellent. Do the next bolt. 333 00:27:02,787 --> 00:27:05,539 - Yeah, that bolt is in. - Success at last. 334 00:27:05,707 --> 00:27:06,999 Great job, Mike. 335 00:27:07,167 --> 00:27:11,295 Houston, Atlantis. We're ecstatically able to report... 336 00:27:11,463 --> 00:27:14,882 - ...the RSU-3R connectors are mated. - Whoo! 337 00:27:15,050 --> 00:27:16,884 Copy that and nice job by all. 338 00:27:17,052 --> 00:27:21,347 Okay, Mass, Bueno. EVA-2, what do you think? 339 00:27:21,514 --> 00:27:24,058 - It was like-- Go ahead. - No, go, you go. 340 00:27:24,225 --> 00:27:26,560 It was like a heavyweight fight. Oh, my gosh. 341 00:27:26,728 --> 00:27:28,896 RSUs, you love them? 342 00:27:29,064 --> 00:27:31,899 - I love them now that they're over. - Love them to death! 343 00:27:32,067 --> 00:27:35,027 - It's a good one to have behind us. - What name would you give... 344 00:27:35,195 --> 00:27:37,196 - ...the three RSUs? - Larry, Curly and Moe! 345 00:27:37,364 --> 00:27:39,990 Okay, you guys know the drill, let's remove COSTAR. 346 00:27:40,158 --> 00:27:41,450 Coming out slow. 347 00:27:41,618 --> 00:27:43,077 We use lots of tethers... 348 00:27:43,244 --> 00:27:46,538 ...tethers for everything, because stuff in space floats. 349 00:27:46,706 --> 00:27:51,085 You don't wanna lose your stuff. And you don't wanna lose yourself either. 350 00:27:51,252 --> 00:27:53,253 This is a lot tighter than-- Heh. 351 00:27:53,421 --> 00:27:55,631 COSTAR's, I think, the tightest instrument. 352 00:27:55,799 --> 00:27:59,259 We're really dependent on our spacesuit to keep us alive. 353 00:27:59,427 --> 00:28:01,845 We don't wanna get a rip or a tear in our suit... 354 00:28:02,013 --> 00:28:06,058 ...because outside of our spacesuit is space, and in space there's no air. 355 00:28:06,226 --> 00:28:08,936 There's nothing to keep us alive. 356 00:28:09,104 --> 00:28:13,107 And the part of our suit that's most vulnerable is our gloves. 357 00:28:13,274 --> 00:28:16,819 Drew, I have a warning for you. There's a possible finger pinch hazard... 358 00:28:16,986 --> 00:28:19,947 ...when you're stowing COSTAR in the aft fixture, so be careful. 359 00:28:20,115 --> 00:28:22,991 - Thanks, Mike. - You're stuck inside of that suit. 360 00:28:23,159 --> 00:28:24,868 It's not quite Barneys New York. 361 00:28:25,036 --> 00:28:28,122 It's good, but it doesn't come with its own restroom or cafeteria. 362 00:28:28,289 --> 00:28:29,873 Continue down. 363 00:28:30,792 --> 00:28:33,127 Copy, continuing down. 364 00:28:33,294 --> 00:28:34,920 Top down, and left. 365 00:28:35,088 --> 00:28:38,757 Well, I just finished shooting an IMAX scene... 366 00:28:38,925 --> 00:28:42,136 ...and so I'm done with that. So I wanna get a little exercise in... 367 00:28:42,303 --> 00:28:44,138 ...before I shoot my next scene... 368 00:28:44,305 --> 00:28:47,474 ...so this is a little stress relief here on the middeck. 369 00:28:47,976 --> 00:28:51,895 Most of Hubble's instruments were designed for repair in space. 370 00:28:52,063 --> 00:28:55,149 But not the Advanced Camera for Surveys. 371 00:28:55,316 --> 00:28:57,484 When its power supply failed... 372 00:28:57,652 --> 00:29:02,823 ...the only hope was to remove and replace fragile circuit boards inside the camera. 373 00:29:02,991 --> 00:29:07,119 They were held captive by dozens of tiny screws. 374 00:29:07,287 --> 00:29:12,040 For John and Drew, it's like performing brain surgery with oven mitts. 375 00:29:12,208 --> 00:29:14,793 It takes all the focus I can muster. 376 00:29:14,961 --> 00:29:17,171 I have 32 tiny screws to remove. 377 00:29:17,338 --> 00:29:19,673 - Number 3 is out. - Copy, Number 3. 378 00:29:19,841 --> 00:29:22,676 And so I have a Zen approach to doing the task... 379 00:29:22,844 --> 00:29:28,015 ...where I only think about the one specific task that I'm doing, the one specific screw. 380 00:29:28,183 --> 00:29:31,852 And when that screw's out, I move to the next screw. 381 00:29:33,772 --> 00:29:35,522 Number 5 is out. 382 00:29:36,483 --> 00:29:37,524 Okay, copy. 383 00:29:38,651 --> 00:29:43,822 And eventually I'll get to the last one, and then I'll be done. 384 00:29:43,990 --> 00:29:46,867 There's no point thinking about how many screws I have ahead... 385 00:29:47,035 --> 00:29:49,745 ...or how many I've completed, it'll just be the one screw. 386 00:29:49,913 --> 00:29:54,249 - Number 11 is out. - Copy, 11. Great. 387 00:29:54,417 --> 00:29:59,296 Removing the razor-sharp circuit boards is a dangerous business. 388 00:29:59,464 --> 00:30:01,632 We learned what to avoid touching... 389 00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:05,594 ...because if you make a significant cut in your glove through the bladder... 390 00:30:05,762 --> 00:30:09,932 ...the oxygen will leak out of your suit and you will die. 391 00:30:12,393 --> 00:30:16,230 - Card 1 is out. - That looks great, John. Nice job. 392 00:30:16,397 --> 00:30:18,357 Somehow I don't think brain surgeons... 393 00:30:18,525 --> 00:30:20,734 ...go, "Yahoo!" when they pull something out. 394 00:30:21,027 --> 00:30:24,947 When they came in, they were tired, they were exhausted, thirsty... 395 00:30:25,114 --> 00:30:29,159 ...but they were getting out of their suits with a sense of accomplishment. 396 00:30:29,327 --> 00:30:32,037 Now the sad news was that once they relaxed for... 397 00:30:32,205 --> 00:30:34,081 ...oh, about five seconds... 398 00:30:34,249 --> 00:30:38,585 ...we had to put them back to work getting everything ready for the next day. 399 00:30:38,753 --> 00:30:41,588 - Drew, what are you doing? - I'm using the tape. 400 00:30:41,756 --> 00:30:44,591 Is there a reason why you have sunglasses on in the middeck... 401 00:30:44,759 --> 00:30:46,426 - ...where there's no sun? - They look cool. 402 00:30:46,594 --> 00:30:48,387 Ah. That's my man. 403 00:30:48,555 --> 00:30:52,349 On day seven, Mass and Bueno run into a big problem. 404 00:30:52,517 --> 00:30:54,852 Doesn't look good, Drew. 405 00:30:55,019 --> 00:30:57,479 Before we can do any of this, all this fancy stuff... 406 00:30:57,647 --> 00:31:01,733 ...we had to get off this big handrail that was in the way. 407 00:31:01,901 --> 00:31:03,235 I don't think it's coming out. 408 00:31:03,403 --> 00:31:05,112 It was a night pass. It was dark out... 409 00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:08,615 ...which added to the trauma. It seemed kind of cold and lonely out there. 410 00:31:08,783 --> 00:31:11,743 I couldn't wake up out of this nightmare that was occurring. 411 00:31:11,911 --> 00:31:13,954 After hours of failed attempts... 412 00:31:14,122 --> 00:31:18,292 ...the flight controllers finally tell them, "Just break it off." 413 00:31:18,459 --> 00:31:20,586 Think we're gonna be able to get this, Drew? 414 00:31:20,753 --> 00:31:23,380 I do actually. I think once he busts off the handrail... 415 00:31:23,548 --> 00:31:26,133 ...the rest is gonna go smooth as silk. 416 00:31:26,301 --> 00:31:28,302 - Okay, Mass. - Here we go. 417 00:31:31,806 --> 00:31:32,848 It's off! 418 00:31:33,016 --> 00:31:34,933 Easy, easy, Mike. Just real easy, okay? 419 00:31:35,101 --> 00:31:36,810 - There we go. - I got it. 420 00:31:36,978 --> 00:31:39,313 Looked like it all stayed intact with the tape. 421 00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:43,025 Yeah, it did. I don't think we even scattered any debris. 422 00:31:43,192 --> 00:31:46,028 - I see STIS in front of me. - Awesome. 423 00:31:46,195 --> 00:31:49,489 Now there's lots of planets out there in other solar systems. 424 00:31:49,657 --> 00:31:55,037 One of the cool things about STIS is it can analyze the atmospheres of those planets. 425 00:31:55,914 --> 00:31:58,999 What everybody's hoping is maybe we find something similar... 426 00:31:59,167 --> 00:32:01,543 ...to what we have here on Earth. 427 00:32:02,003 --> 00:32:03,337 And then we hit the jackpot. 428 00:32:03,504 --> 00:32:04,546 Guess what, it fits. 429 00:32:04,714 --> 00:32:06,173 That's awesome. 430 00:32:26,778 --> 00:32:30,989 For Drew, it's one more spacewalk to go. 431 00:32:31,699 --> 00:32:33,283 And Mass, I do have a tether. 432 00:32:33,451 --> 00:32:34,993 In case it floats away. 433 00:32:35,161 --> 00:32:38,580 He and John are replacing a Fine Guidance Sensor. 434 00:32:38,748 --> 00:32:40,290 When it's locked on a target... 435 00:32:40,458 --> 00:32:43,877 ...it will be like holding a laser beam steady on a dime... 436 00:32:44,045 --> 00:32:46,463 - ...that's 200 miles away. - Is the mirror clean? 437 00:32:46,631 --> 00:32:50,133 Oh, yeah, the mirror's clean. It's very clean. Wow. 438 00:32:50,426 --> 00:32:51,468 What? 439 00:32:51,636 --> 00:32:53,387 This is an amazing view of Hawaii. 440 00:32:56,015 --> 00:32:59,393 It has been said that in the process of going to the moon... 441 00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:01,812 ...we discovered Earth. 442 00:33:02,563 --> 00:33:06,233 Seeing it from here, you experience a new appreciation... 443 00:33:06,401 --> 00:33:08,902 ...for the perfect utopia we inhabit. 444 00:33:09,070 --> 00:33:10,237 Fantastic! 445 00:33:10,405 --> 00:33:14,241 In all our searching, we have yet to find another planet... 446 00:33:14,409 --> 00:33:19,079 ...that could nourish and protect us as it does. 447 00:33:21,582 --> 00:33:25,168 In our future journeys away from our sheltering Earth... 448 00:33:25,336 --> 00:33:30,674 ...we'll need all the amazing skills and teamwork of this crew. 449 00:33:30,842 --> 00:33:34,344 The same courage and inventiveness that has restored Hubble... 450 00:33:34,512 --> 00:33:38,515 ...to its full capacity and beyond. 451 00:33:39,100 --> 00:33:41,351 Now it's time for our favorite segment: 452 00:33:41,519 --> 00:33:42,602 Scooter's Corner. 453 00:33:42,770 --> 00:33:45,230 - He's actually in his real corner. - This is my seat-- 454 00:33:45,398 --> 00:33:47,899 - Wait, I've got gum. - What are you gonna do with that? 455 00:33:48,067 --> 00:33:50,777 I put it under the dash. Maybe the next guy can enjoy it. 456 00:33:50,945 --> 00:33:53,780 - There you have it. - You know, I was afraid I'd say: 457 00:33:53,948 --> 00:33:55,615 "Bye, Hubble. Waah." 458 00:33:55,783 --> 00:33:58,827 But no, you know, we did it. 459 00:33:58,995 --> 00:34:00,162 - Oh, one more thing. - Yes. 460 00:34:00,329 --> 00:34:02,789 Steve Lindsey, I was just kidding about the gum. 461 00:34:02,957 --> 00:34:05,834 Don't eat it, you might get sick. Never know who's been there. 462 00:34:06,002 --> 00:34:12,382 On day nine, above the Sahara, the crew returns the telescope to orbit. 463 00:34:13,051 --> 00:34:15,469 They'll return safely home to their families... 464 00:34:15,636 --> 00:34:19,014 ...knowing they've exceeded every expectation. 465 00:34:25,813 --> 00:34:29,733 When we look back 500 years from now... 466 00:34:29,901 --> 00:34:31,860 ...I believe that Hubble will be judged... 467 00:34:32,028 --> 00:34:35,906 ...one of the truly remarkable inventions of humankind. 468 00:34:38,326 --> 00:34:42,287 Hubble addresses such fundamental questions: 469 00:34:42,497 --> 00:34:46,875 How did planets form? Where did we come from? 470 00:34:47,043 --> 00:34:51,254 Where did the universe come from? How did the pieces... 471 00:34:51,422 --> 00:34:54,966 ...the chemical elements that we're made of, form? 472 00:34:55,676 --> 00:34:59,513 All these things that allowed us to be here, to build a Hubble... 473 00:34:59,680 --> 00:35:02,390 ...to look out into the cosmos. 474 00:35:07,897 --> 00:35:12,442 And already, what wonders we now see. 475 00:35:13,653 --> 00:35:18,323 The new Wide Field Camera captures a huge pillar of newborn stars... 476 00:35:18,491 --> 00:35:21,201 ...in the Carina Nebula. 477 00:35:23,037 --> 00:35:26,540 The infant stars here are hidden... 478 00:35:27,083 --> 00:35:32,879 ...but Hubble's new infrared eye can peer through the veil of gas and dust... 479 00:35:33,047 --> 00:35:39,845 ...revealing for the first time a magical treasure trove of young stars. 480 00:35:47,019 --> 00:35:53,066 An exquisite butterfly signals the spectacular death of a star. 481 00:35:54,068 --> 00:35:57,320 Its wings are boiling caldrons of gas... 482 00:35:57,488 --> 00:36:00,657 ...spewing out at 600,000 miles an hour... 483 00:36:00,825 --> 00:36:04,077 ...from the dying star at its heart. 484 00:36:07,999 --> 00:36:11,251 Millions of stars at a glance... 485 00:36:11,419 --> 00:36:13,753 ...in Omega Centauri. 486 00:36:13,921 --> 00:36:19,092 Our eyes see only the middle-aged white stars, like our sun. 487 00:36:19,260 --> 00:36:23,430 But in a single combined infrared and ultraviolet view... 488 00:36:23,598 --> 00:36:29,060 ...the new Wide Field shows us the extreme temperatures of stars. 489 00:36:31,689 --> 00:36:37,944 We know that older stars become cooler, ballooning into red giants. 490 00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:41,615 Intensely hot stars... 491 00:36:41,782 --> 00:36:47,829 ...some burning the last of their fuel before they die, shine bright blue. 492 00:36:56,130 --> 00:36:59,257 All the stars we see in our night sky... 493 00:36:59,425 --> 00:37:05,388 ...are but a tiny handful of a few hundred billion stars in our galaxy. 494 00:37:10,144 --> 00:37:13,813 This giant disk of stars, gas and dust... 495 00:37:13,981 --> 00:37:17,067 ...is our home in the universe. 496 00:37:17,235 --> 00:37:19,694 We call it the Milky Way. 497 00:37:33,668 --> 00:37:39,047 Our nearest neighbor is some two and a half million light-years away. 498 00:37:39,215 --> 00:37:43,343 It's another spiral galaxy named Andromeda. 499 00:37:48,432 --> 00:37:51,268 We're the largest members of our local group... 500 00:37:51,435 --> 00:37:54,521 ...of about three dozen galaxies. 501 00:38:05,825 --> 00:38:12,247 Yet our small group is like a village, far from the bright lights of the big city. 502 00:38:12,957 --> 00:38:18,044 In the distance is a metropolis called the Virgo Cluster. 503 00:38:18,879 --> 00:38:22,716 It glows with the light of over 2000 galaxies... 504 00:38:22,883 --> 00:38:25,802 ...of every shape and size. 505 00:38:31,017 --> 00:38:33,893 In the center of the Virgo Cluster... 506 00:38:34,061 --> 00:38:38,690 ...is a giant elliptical galaxy called Messier 87... 507 00:38:38,858 --> 00:38:43,445 ...perhaps 10 times the size of our Milky Way. 508 00:38:43,612 --> 00:38:47,699 At its heart is a super-massive black hole... 509 00:38:47,867 --> 00:38:50,785 ...spewing a jet of high-energy radiation... 510 00:38:50,953 --> 00:38:54,581 ...huge distances across the galaxy. 511 00:39:16,187 --> 00:39:18,897 Virgo's collection of 2000... 512 00:39:19,065 --> 00:39:23,985 ...is but a small drop in an ocean of galaxies. 513 00:39:26,364 --> 00:39:30,909 Hubble is now peering deeply into a tiny region of the sky... 514 00:39:31,077 --> 00:39:37,749 ...looking back across time towards the very edge of the observable universe. 515 00:39:40,961 --> 00:39:43,755 The further back we travel in time... 516 00:39:43,923 --> 00:39:48,468 ...the more misshapen and less developed the galaxies appear. 517 00:39:59,855 --> 00:40:02,190 The objects we're now seeing... 518 00:40:02,358 --> 00:40:05,985 ...are 10 billion light-years away. 519 00:40:14,537 --> 00:40:18,998 Their light began to cross the universe towards us... 520 00:40:19,166 --> 00:40:22,836 ...billions of years before the Earth existed. 521 00:40:30,845 --> 00:40:34,013 From this small sliver of a view... 522 00:40:34,181 --> 00:40:36,182 ...astronomers estimate... 523 00:40:36,350 --> 00:40:41,938 ...there may be a hundred billion galaxies across the universe. 524 00:40:45,401 --> 00:40:50,321 Immense strings of galaxies crisscross the cosmos... 525 00:40:50,489 --> 00:40:54,909 ...collecting into vast clusters and super-clusters... 526 00:40:55,077 --> 00:40:58,121 ...where the strings intersect. 527 00:41:02,293 --> 00:41:08,756 On the largest scale, the structure resembles a cosmic web of galaxies... 528 00:41:08,924 --> 00:41:11,634 ...spanning the universe. 529 00:41:14,972 --> 00:41:21,227 Billions of galaxies, each with billions of stars. 530 00:41:26,066 --> 00:41:28,443 Doesn't it make you wonder? 531 00:41:28,611 --> 00:41:34,699 Will we ever find anywhere as perfect as our own planet Earth? 532 00:41:39,538 --> 00:41:44,709 Hubble has given us a renewed perspective on the place we call home. 533 00:41:45,753 --> 00:41:51,174 We now know how important it is to protect this fragile oasis... 534 00:41:51,342 --> 00:41:57,680 ...deep within the boundless reaches of Hubble's magnificent universe.