Horizon

The Sharpest Shot of the Universe

TV-PG
S27 • E13    Apr 9, 1990    60m
In this episode, Horizon looks at the Hubble space telescope, hailed as the greatest advance in astronomy since Galileo.

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Cast of The Sharpest Shot of the Universe

  • Andrew BurtSelf - Narrator
  • Nancy RomanSelf - Head of Astronomy, NASA, 1959
  • Eric ChaissonSelf - Space Telescope Science Institute
  • Riccardo GiacconiSelf - Director, Space Telescope Science Institute
  • Lyman SpitzerSelf - 'Father of the Space Telescope', Princeton University
  • Bob O'DellSelf - Project Scientist, 1972-1982
  • Nigel RyderSelf - British Aerospace
  • James Adolf WestphalSelf - California Institute of Technology
  • Jeff HesterSelf - Wide Field Camera Team
  • Bill BaumSelf - Wide Field Camera Team
  • Alec BoksenbergSelf - Director, Royal Greenwich Observatory
  • Mike DisneySelf - University of Cardiff
  • Jack BrandtSelf - Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph
  • Sally HeapSelf - High Resolution Spectrograph
  • Richard HarmsSelf - Faint Object Spectrograph
  • Bob BlessSelf - University of Madison, Wisconsin - High Speed Photometer
  • Conrad SturchSelf - Space Telescope Science Institute
  • Bill JefferysSelf - University of Austin, Texas
  • Al BogessSelf - Space Telescope Scientist, NASA Goddard
  • Bruce McCandless IISelf - Astronaut

 

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