A Mission So Dangerous A Rescue Shuttle Was Ready! | STS-125

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Join Sawyer Rosenstein as we commemorate the 15th anniversary of the STS-125 mission, the final shuttle service to the Hubble Space Telescope. Explore the critical upgrades and daring spacewalks that extended Hubble's vision and the innovative plans potentially guiding its future. From high-stakes repairs to future missions for extending or safely deorbiting Hubble, we delve into the legacy and prospective journey of this iconic observatory.
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  • @Boxersteavee
    @Boxersteavee10 күн бұрын

    Seeing Hubble in a museum is something I would pay to see.

  • @AlliedBroom9081

    @AlliedBroom9081

    8 күн бұрын

    I agree, they should be able to modify a starship to be able to meet up with a dragon so they can pack it up and bring it home… or maybe we let one of the shuttles take one more flight…

  • @faisalsvideoworld

    @faisalsvideoworld

    8 күн бұрын

    letting the shuttles have another flight is a bad idea when we have dragon.

  • @Boxersteavee

    @Boxersteavee

    8 күн бұрын

    @@faisalsvideoworld that isn't what I was suggesting. If you watched this video you would know that collecting it with starship isn't totally out of the question

  • @faisalsvideoworld

    @faisalsvideoworld

    8 күн бұрын

    @@Boxersteavee very true but it will take maybe atleast 4 or 5 more flights so we are maybe looking at 2026 for this.

  • @Boxersteavee

    @Boxersteavee

    8 күн бұрын

    @@faisalsvideoworld it'll last longer than that. Did you see the mention of a dragon mission going to do some more repairs?

  • @easternyellowjacket276
    @easternyellowjacket27610 күн бұрын

    Keep Hubble in service. It's a valuable tool to observe the universe. When it does finally end is usefulness, bring it home.

  • @wendyhood1006

    @wendyhood1006

    10 күн бұрын

    Totally agree 👍

  • @CaptainQ2607

    @CaptainQ2607

    9 күн бұрын

    Chandra too.

  • @GreenBlueWalkthrough

    @GreenBlueWalkthrough

    8 күн бұрын

    I agree it hasn't looked everyhwheere it can yet and webb is busy doing cooler stuff and it's not like museum ships are free to end their service life with so returning somthing like the hubble and putting it in a muesm should not be more expive then a iowa class meusem ship.

  • @didrikhoffmann6414

    @didrikhoffmann6414

    7 күн бұрын

    it is pretty easy to do it you just need a cargo bay to get it home with

  • @KiRiTO72987

    @KiRiTO72987

    7 күн бұрын

    ​@@didrikhoffmann6414cough starship cough cough

  • @davidsheppard1133
    @davidsheppard113310 күн бұрын

    WOW! Sawyer I didn’t realize that there were so many missions to Hubble. Thank you for keeping us updated. I hope NASA does choose to let Jared and his team save Hubble with more upgrades. It seems like the best option.

  • @karatwilight
    @karatwilight10 күн бұрын

    "it belongs in a museum!" (long after a refurb mission has extended its life and unlocked more scientific mysteries)

  • @markhenderson9778
    @markhenderson977810 күн бұрын

    A SpaceX mission to service the Hubble would be great to see.

  • @Ron4885

    @Ron4885

    10 күн бұрын

    Yes. I'd like to see it fixed and updated. Could still be good for years.

  • @JenniferA886

    @JenniferA886

    10 күн бұрын

    Or just build a new telescope and let Hubble re enter… cheaper?

  • @zachb1706

    @zachb1706

    10 күн бұрын

    @@JenniferA886Isaacman and SpaceX are self funding the missions

  • @JenniferA886

    @JenniferA886

    10 күн бұрын

    @@zachb1706 ok good point… I was not aware of this. Many thanks for pointing it out 👍👍👍

  • @nicoleskorupsky1007

    @nicoleskorupsky1007

    8 күн бұрын

    I’m sure NASA would still have to partially fund a part of the service mission, it is their telescope after all and they understand how it works and how it’s been built and repaired for years. I’m sure they’d share the information and such with SpaceX and other independent contractors if they trust them but they’d still partially pay.

  • @astria4157
    @astria415710 күн бұрын

    This video really made me appreciate how hard those astronauts worked to keep Hubble going. Hubble has a special place in all astronomer's hearts.

  • @100SteveB
    @100SteveB10 күн бұрын

    I just loved that screw capture device! What a great solution. And yes, let Jared and SpaceX boost Hubble to a higher orbit, and maybe do a wee bit of maintenance at the same time. And yes, in another ten years or so, if Starship is fully online, it would not be too difficult to design a Starship cargo bay to bring Hubble back to earth. Would be so amazing to see it in a museum, and a much more fitting end for an instrument that's taught us all so much about the universe.

  • @hanschristianben505

    @hanschristianben505

    10 күн бұрын

    SpaceX, at least in one of its latest renderings, showed Starship to have Shuttle-style payload bay doors… so, if they have the same or larger dimensions, returning Hubble back is indeed a real possibility… the question now is, how will Starship handle with the bellyflop/vertical landing with that big ass payload inside of it… it’s something that is not yet tested…

  • @ShadeNature

    @ShadeNature

    7 күн бұрын

    @@hanschristianben505 This is a real challenge. Hubble is 13 Meter (42,65 Foot) long and has a waight of 11 Metric Tons. Also the Speed of Hubble is arround 28.000 Km/H ( 17400 mph) you need more Fuel for slowdown and landing.

  • @johit103067
    @johit10306710 күн бұрын

    Great video! Yes, Hubble is definitely worth saving and we have an mission crew ready to accept the challenge that could extend Hubble's life 10-20 years giving Starship enough time to develope into a mission to bring Hubble back! This would be absolutely awesome!

  • @samuelealessi234
    @samuelealessi23410 күн бұрын

    Large mouth starship coming in clutch

  • @metalhead4700

    @metalhead4700

    10 күн бұрын

    And going home clutchING.

  • @AlliedBroom9081

    @AlliedBroom9081

    8 күн бұрын

    And landing would be true clutch

  • @dancingdog2790

    @dancingdog2790

    7 күн бұрын

    @@AlliedBroom9081 Clench

  • @benjaminklein8697
    @benjaminklein869710 күн бұрын

    Wild episode, very interessting mission back then, thanks a lot for making it

  • @StevePemberton2
    @StevePemberton210 күн бұрын

    I watched the spacewalks live on NASA-TV on DirecTV which was one of the few options back then. The two most memorable involved Mike Massimino. One of them was mentioned in the video, when he yanked the handle off. But even more dramatic was the first spacewalk which was to replace the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) with Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). Mike had to loosen the bolt on WFPC2, which turned out to be stuck. If he couldn't get it loose they would have had to leave WFPC2 in place. When the first preset torque wrench failed he was given permission to use a higher torque wrench. When that one also failed he was given permission to use the highest torque wrench they had. But the nut still refused to budge. The only wrench left was a breaker bar, but if the bolt broke off that would be bad and it might even make WFPC2 unusable. But they gave him a go to use the breaker bar. He put some muscle into it, and it loosened. And we now have 15 years of wonderful pictures from WFC3 because of it.

  • @Tinman_56
    @Tinman_5610 күн бұрын

    If I'm not mistaken, the ONLY time NASA ever had an active ready-to-fly emergency vehicle prepped and on the pad!

  • @jeffk1482
    @jeffk148210 күн бұрын

    Sawyer - great episode! I always followed the Hubble missions quite closely, but you brought up some info I didn’t know. Nice deeper dive!

  • @bobfillmore384
    @bobfillmore38410 күн бұрын

    Thanks Sawyer! And NSF. Great summary of the Hubble maintenance missions… and a demonstration of Shuttle’s potential, and the reason for manned spaceflight. I was glued to the TV during all those missions, and imagining future missions to repair various spacecraft. We should definitely extend Hubble’s life in future missions.. it’s an iconic scientific resource.

  • @bee42
    @bee4210 күн бұрын

    great presentation Sawyer

  • @TheMichaelBeck
    @TheMichaelBeck3 күн бұрын

    So amazed at the beautiful images and things we learned from Hubble. The JWST is going to change the way we see the cosmos.

  • @MrKellymcilrath
    @MrKellymcilrath10 күн бұрын

    Awesom video, very informative Thank you so much Sawyer, & NSF!!!

  • @ryanharkins
    @ryanharkins10 күн бұрын

    Thanks Sawyer! Great video!

  • @officialwildcardadventures
    @officialwildcardadventures10 күн бұрын

    Excellent video @NASASpaceflight! I love your productions. Thanks for teaching us and keeping us informed on all things Spaceflight! Gorgeous Hubble images! What a story of events. I love my Shuttle T-Shirt. One of my favorites!

  • @officialwildcardadventures

    @officialwildcardadventures

    10 күн бұрын

    I love seeing the Canadarm in use.

  • @darksars3622
    @darksars362210 күн бұрын

    Cat who needs bely rubs at 13:29

  • @TinsleTinsle
    @TinsleTinsle10 күн бұрын

    That was a great watch love the history videos. Keep you the great work NSF 😘

  • @JB-bs1se
    @JB-bs1se6 күн бұрын

    If they could bring Hubble home I would pay to see it in a museum for sure.

  • @joecarmo9059
    @joecarmo905910 күн бұрын

    It stands to logic that if we can eventually bring Hubble down on a Starship then we can put a better one up on the same flight. Goes up full, comes down full.

  • @Scoregraphic
    @Scoregraphic10 күн бұрын

    Nice video! Now I know more about the hubble and its future

  • @corrinastanley125
    @corrinastanley12510 күн бұрын

    Thanks NSF team.

  • @ebonaparte3853
    @ebonaparte38536 күн бұрын

    I think it should come home. We have the James Webb Telescope now, and it has served us well for decades. It should be brought down on a Starship and put in a museum somewhere.

  • @reneevv3248
    @reneevv324810 күн бұрын

    Very interesting! Thanks Sawyer!

  • @MickRonald
    @MickRonald7 күн бұрын

    I watched most of the STS-125 mission live on the NASA.gov website. Specifically, remember the issue with the handle and watching Mike Massimino pull it off. Can't believe it has been 15 years, time flies. Thank you Sawyer for the awesome recap.

  • @roesbud53
    @roesbud5310 күн бұрын

    Looking great Sawyer! ❤❤❤

  • @NovaDeb
    @NovaDeb10 күн бұрын

    Great video! Very informative.😊

  • @IsabellaIsabella-mc1tx
    @IsabellaIsabella-mc1txКүн бұрын

    Wonderful flight great thanks ❤

  • @jantonkens9820
    @jantonkens982010 күн бұрын

    For now: do an EVA & fix some basic and essential instruments like gyros etc, give it a nice boost to higher orbit and then in 5-10 years pick it up and bring home for generations to come ❤

  • @TumnusMr
    @TumnusMr10 күн бұрын

    I got lucky and timed a visit to KSC while Endeavor was on the pad and got to go on the “VIP” tour, which took you about as close to the pad as they ever allow the general public. That was a cool experience.

  • @jfgenie
    @jfgenie10 күн бұрын

    Dude, your cat is so chill, love it!

  • @peterdore2572
    @peterdore257210 күн бұрын

    YAS! SAWYER IS BACK 🎉 Im Glad he has been Successfully Reserviced 😊

  • @anthonycamilleri7297
    @anthonycamilleri729710 күн бұрын

    thank you so much sawyer i believe that hubble has much to offer long live hubble

  • @marcmayou1422
    @marcmayou142210 күн бұрын

    Thanks Sawer

  • @marcmayou1422

    @marcmayou1422

    10 күн бұрын

    Sawyer

  • @Av8or7
    @Av8or710 күн бұрын

    Fix it now,and bring it home in 20 years bring it back and put it in the Smithsonian.

  • @techmap9
    @techmap910 күн бұрын

    A lot of good new information for me, thanks!

  • @petergroves9343
    @petergroves934310 күн бұрын

    To see Hubble back on earth would be amazing, provided it's viable

  • @Ellhulto
    @Ellhulto9 күн бұрын

    The best part was the Jake cameo

  • @StevePemberton2
    @StevePemberton210 күн бұрын

    I got to watch the STS-125 launch from the NASA causeway. It was easily the best of the six Shuttle launches that I saw. It was exciting and yet also somewhat sobering to see Endeavour off in the distance on pad B, which was a reminder of Columbia. Unlike other missions which by then all launched to the northeast to get to ISS, STS-125 launched almost exactly due east, keeping it seemingly right in front of us all the way through SRB separation. And to top it off it was perfectly clear skies, no clouds anywhere from what I can remember, at least not anywhere near the cape.

  • @joshuapatterson5824
    @joshuapatterson58249 күн бұрын

    This was the one and only shuttle launch I saw. It was very cloudy, it disappeared pretty fast after launch but the rumble kept on rumbling. Never forget it.

  • @craigw.scribner6490
    @craigw.scribner649010 күн бұрын

    Great video, thanks!

  • @JanLukas97
    @JanLukas9710 күн бұрын

    Happy release für nächste Woche!

  • @barrya5191
    @barrya519110 күн бұрын

    Absolutely, bring it home in StarShip. Put her in the Smithsonian.

  • @theplayernkc
    @theplayernkc7 күн бұрын

    5:29 has to be one of the most cool pictures I have ever seen. I never knew that NASA had 2 shuttles ready to launch at one time, mind blown.

  • @fredpryde8555
    @fredpryde855510 күн бұрын

    i never realized how many missions were needed to keep it running i reckon it it not broke do not fix it it leave it up there longer as our eyes in the sky

  • @jedwardzenio5989
    @jedwardzenio598910 күн бұрын

    Great video! First, they should give Hubble some more time to live and after a few years, when Starship is operational, bring Hubble home.

  • @ScienceManiacCZ
    @ScienceManiacCZ10 күн бұрын

    Fix and boost it!!! Hubble is awesome and should be used till it's obsolete!!!

  • @robordm
    @robordm10 күн бұрын

    Great episode!

  • @Wild-Eye
    @Wild-Eye10 күн бұрын

    To see and maybe perhaps touch Hubble would be absolutely awesome

  • @thomaswilkerson9961
    @thomaswilkerson996110 күн бұрын

    I was there. Have a great photo of Endouver sitting on the pad waiting I took from a few hundred yards away.

  • @toddincabo
    @toddincabo10 күн бұрын

    👍 Nice job, cool

  • @jimsalentine1887
    @jimsalentine188710 күн бұрын

    Excellent video!

  • @cornbreadreturns296
    @cornbreadreturns2969 күн бұрын

    We should obviously service Hubble again. The thing still has people lined up for time on it. It's still a very valuable resource. When it no longer makes sense, have Starship bring it home. IT BELONGS IN A MESEUM!

  • @aerohk
    @aerohk8 күн бұрын

    If the scope is getting another visit, bringing it back is crazy. Repairing it and refueling it is much more sensible.

  • @wallacefrey6247
    @wallacefrey624710 күн бұрын

    Any day I can learn something new and interesting is a good day. Today is a good day,thanks for a great video.

  • @matjazwalland903
    @matjazwalland90310 күн бұрын

    Hubble deserves to be repaired and relicensed as it is the best known satellite telescope outside of the world. And if nothing else, at the end of its operation, it will be able to win the title of the first telescope to return home.

  • @Marc83Aus
    @Marc83Aus10 күн бұрын

    Oh man. STS 125 already? Looks like I missed about a hundred and twenty shuttle sundays. How time flies.

  • @pj8593
    @pj859310 күн бұрын

    Just finished Mike's book Spaceman. .nice coverage on 225

  • @pj8593

    @pj8593

    10 күн бұрын

    125 not 225

  • @austinmarchione7016
    @austinmarchione701610 күн бұрын

    My friend works at an avaiation school that tonight just had Mike, the astronaut that ripped the handle off, as a speaker for a fundraiser tonight. He minutes before I saw this video was telling the story that Mike told at this gala. Really ironic but super interesting.

  • @Shammoria
    @Shammoria8 күн бұрын

    It would be worth it to bring it home even if it waz just to study what damage happens to a large object tbat has been in space as long an hubble has endured, it will be nesessary to know for long duration manned missions aboard things like Starship to know how to armour them, the ISS has also been a good analogue, but being able to actually get hubble into a material science lab and examine the stresses etc would be invaluable, this can even be done without a lot of the cool equipment you would put in an exhibition.

  • @RichardFriedlaender
    @RichardFriedlaender6 күн бұрын

    A high school friends father worked on COSTAR at Perkin-Elmer in Danbury, CT.

  • @NoTraceOfSense
    @NoTraceOfSense5 күн бұрын

    Go Ray-Jay Go!

  • @CaptainQ2607
    @CaptainQ26079 күн бұрын

    Hopefully, Jared can get the misson to fix it. It would be amazing ❤

  • @filakyle3663
    @filakyle36637 күн бұрын

    Very nice video

  • @bigianh
    @bigianh8 күн бұрын

    Could they not use the Soft Capture adapter to attach a service module with Giros, RCS Thrusters etc to extend the life of the telescope. Obviously without the Space Shuttle the scope for fixing instruments is limited but we can surely extend its life as a whole

  • @lerk.
    @lerk.10 күн бұрын

    Once you've heard about the scheduled shuttle wobble in the start sequence, you can't ever unsee it.

  • @tonamg53
    @tonamg5310 күн бұрын

    Hubble needs to come back home in one piece… or else I’m going to cry and throw a tantrum.

  • @kwcnasa
    @kwcnasa9 күн бұрын

    For SpaceX points of view by bring Hubble Space Telescope back to Earth. They can also test or show their Starship ability to do this kind of logistics in the future of Mars missions.

  • @richardknapp570
    @richardknapp57010 күн бұрын

    At list point, decommisioning (either re-entry or StarShip) seems like better option. The ability of newer equipment has drastically improved what a newer space telescope can do (JWST) so maybe a replacement would be an option.

  • @JuztZake
    @JuztZake9 күн бұрын

    Yay shuttle!

  • @jerzeyguy71
    @jerzeyguy7110 күн бұрын

    YES, we should keep something that is giving us new information in orbit, and also if we can help it get new technology.. its already there. And like Voyager that keeps going.. I do think we need to launch something to go towards the center of our solar system, even though it will be so long, at least it is a start... we do not need to put the record on it, but yes, maybe something that shows where we are? but mostly have systems that can keep the life going for like 200 years! and systems that can study whatever seems important!

  • @randalg51
    @randalg518 күн бұрын

    Lets keep on fixing it for as long as we can and go from there until we have done all that can be done then bring it home.

  • @Rorschach1024
    @Rorschach102410 күн бұрын

    I photoplotted the control board for that torque tool.

  • @TheDiego365
    @TheDiego36510 күн бұрын

    Hopefully SpaceX can service Hubble and save ISS too, Starship docked to the ISS would be insane!

  • @wafikiri_
    @wafikiri_Күн бұрын

    Bring Hubble back home, renew its units, take it back to orbit.

  • @jonmarquez128
    @jonmarquez12810 күн бұрын

    Imagine the Starship servicing the JWST? 🤯🤯🤯🤯

  • @karlgruber3172
    @karlgruber317210 күн бұрын

    The one mission were I went to see the launch of the shuttle. And Atlantis launched. On time. On the first try. That happens seldom. And for all comming from Europe the STS was often a source of endless frustration and failiure to see a launch. And for me Atlantis lauched on the first try. I'm so glad for that.

  • @charlesmaurer6214
    @charlesmaurer621410 күн бұрын

    Would be great to preserve it as better devices take over the role. Building a Moon based set of telescopes should be a high priority on the Far side with fiberoptic lines to relay data. Moon would shield Earth based static and glare, also would avoid navigation related issues with massive numbers of orbiting objects added over time. Perhaps even a Telecom base on the near side would be useful and scalable.

  • @clone_bricks9855
    @clone_bricks98557 күн бұрын

    I have autographs of the STS 125 astronauts: Scott Altman, Michael Good, Mike Massimino and Andrew Feustel

  • @xamishia
    @xamishia6 күн бұрын

    Cool

  • @LoneWolf0648
    @LoneWolf064810 күн бұрын

    1) let spaceX give it the boost and fix that the legend deserves, hubble and the james webb working together can do amazing things. 2) when hubble finally does reach the end of its life span, bring it down in a starship, and put it in the museum next to the shuttle discovery (the shuttle that launched hubble in the first place) im sure the Smithsonian would give it the retirement it deserves.

  • @officialwildcardadventures
    @officialwildcardadventures10 күн бұрын

    Can Hubble be "refurbished", upgraded and relaunched in order to maintain it's lifeline? Hubble has been a valuable asset to humanity.

  • @STS125
    @STS12510 күн бұрын

    I’m slightly familiar with this mission ;)

  • @jonasthesen
    @jonasthesen10 күн бұрын

    When Hubble is EOF, Star Ship would probably be able to take it home and then put Hubble at a museum 😄

  • @DxsPro
    @DxsPro10 күн бұрын

    cool vid

  • @chrism3784
    @chrism37846 күн бұрын

    There may be a chance Hubble now is unservicable in orbit right now. Some of the bolts were stuck or stripped when they removed parts from the last service mission. Now has been a long gap in time so many more bolts will be nearly impossible to remove. Break 1 bolt and it may be game over. Bring it back safely then service it and put back in orbit. Or just build a new one entirely

  • @wakkawakka7624
    @wakkawakka762410 күн бұрын

    🤭 this is my first time seeing Sawyers face.

  • @BrianMoore-tc2xe
    @BrianMoore-tc2xe10 күн бұрын

    Save Hubble!!!

  • @bman5988
    @bman598810 күн бұрын

    Fix her up! Then bring her back when she retires! I think they have to try at this point, that telescope has done so much. Have they ever brought anything big like that back down intact?

  • @mikesaporitojr3313
    @mikesaporitojr33138 күн бұрын

    #SAVEHUBBLE

  • @keith_5584
    @keith_55845 күн бұрын

    I think I would be happy if my last act in this plane was to help others see into the future. Actually technically see the past. Still very sad though.

  • @flawedperspective
    @flawedperspective10 күн бұрын

    Once StarShip is human rated, or even able to launch or dock with Dragon, SpaceX should be involved in the Hubble Rescue. I hope. Please.

  • @JavierFlores-tt7tp
    @JavierFlores-tt7tp3 күн бұрын

    You will need the Starshit working first. And that seems really far away.

  • @lerk.
    @lerk.10 күн бұрын

    Bob was ready to get his wife back home!

  • @Thisandthat8908
    @Thisandthat89089 күн бұрын

    i think by that time all Space Shuttle missions were considered dangerous. And were still done only to tune up Hubble one last time and build the ISS.

  • @JoinTheNoob
    @JoinTheNoob10 күн бұрын

    Fix it ❤

  • @tenesto
    @tenesto10 күн бұрын

    6:50 wait, what are those holes? are those all impacts? holy ...

  • @karatwilight

    @karatwilight

    10 күн бұрын

    those are not impact holes, they are holes for screws (or through-access to screws) for attachment points to the satellite and other pieces of internal equipment

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