I reviewed the new IMAX film Hubble 3D for Moving Pictures.
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| Combining the chronicles of several space shuttle missions with a retrospective of the venerable telescope, the 48-minute “Hubble 3D” brings the viewer inside an awe-inspiring vista of imagery and information. Narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio and made with the cooperation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the film quickly summarizes the initial struggles with the massive telescope — the challenges posed by the 1991 launch followed by the repair of a warped lens — before journeying on an IMAX 3-D tour well beyond our galaxy. |
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| Out past Sirius, the beautiful Orion Nebula contains a nursery of emerging stars, each with its own nascent solar system. These infant suns struggle to survive blasts of wind in excess of a million miles per hour spawned by their combined energies. Those winds blew a hole that parted the clouds of the nebula that allows us a glimpse into what the beginnings our own solar system must have been like. |
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| The political and economic realities of the mid-21st century have caused NASA to halt maintenance on the 20-year-old Hubble. To ensure the telescope’s continuing usefulness for the near future, the Agency financed one final mission, documented in this film. |
Check out the entire review at Moving Pictures.