Hubble 3D
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The IMAX 3D camera, which flew onboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis, captured stunning 3D images of the intricate spacewalks required to service the telescope during the most recent mission last May. Shot by the STS-125 astronauts, this intimate look at the complexities of repairing the telescope will put IMAX audiences right there along-side the spacewalking astronauts. Hubble 3D will combine this awe-inspiring IMAX footage with breathtaking up-close imagery of distant galaxies, the birth of stars and planets, and more - revealing the cosmos as never before.
“We have waited a long time to get the IMAX camera back into space and finally the opportunity came with the amazing final repair mission of the Hubble Space Telescope,” said Toni Myers, director, producer and editor of the film. “In Hubble 3D, audiences will be able to float in space alongside the astronauts as they perform the repairs and upgrades to the telescope, and then fly to the edge of the universe, through its first new images. Hubble’s incredible legacy changes the way we see and think about the universe, and it is an honor to give people a chance to experience its breath-taking images in IMAX 3D.”
On Wednesday, September 9th, NASA unveiled the first images from the newly re-furbished Hubble Space Telescope.
Launched in 1990 and greatly extended in its scientific powers through new instrumentation, the Hubble Space Telescope has validated Lyman Spitzer Jr.’s original concept of large, space-based observatory orbiting far above the distorting effects of the Earth’s atmosphere. In Hubble 3D audiences will come to understand the profound significance of the greatest scientific instrument since Galileo’s original telescope and how it has forever changed both our view of the universe and of ourselves.
Hubble 3D is an IMAX and Warner Bros. Pictures production, in cooperation with National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The filmreunites the Space Station 3D filmmaking team, led by producer/director Toni Myers. James Neihouse, director of photography, also doubles as the astronaut crew trainer. Judy Carroll is associate producer, and Graeme Ferguson, co-founder of IMAX and pioneer producer of many IMAX space films, is executive producer.
Reviews
"I've been to two launches, Apollo 11 and Apollo 12, and Hubble 3D is the first film I've seen - and felt - that does more than hint at the skeleton-rattling power of those stupendous rockets."
- John Morganstern, Wall Street Journal
"It's a movie that not only puts you in space but lets you travel through it with a speed and wonder that would make James T. Kirk go a little weak in the knees."
- Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times
"Not only deposits you in outer space, but for the first time ever makes the old Star Trek gimmick of "warp speed" a reality."
- Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter
"The IMAX screen is the ultimate planetarium in the awesome documentary Hubble 3D."
- Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
"Contains some of the most spectacular 3-D footage I've ever seen..."
- Lou Lumenick, New York Post
Educators Resources
Click here to download the Grade 3-5 resource guide. (approx 2 megs)
Tickets
$9.50 Adult
$8.00 Child (12 and under)
$8.00 Student (with ID)
$8.00 Senior (55+)
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