[00:00.49]The Hubble telescope was launched into space by NASA on April 20,1990 at a cost of over a billion dollars.
[00:13.84]Right from the start there was trouble with the Hubble.
[00:18.24]The pictures it sent us were very disappointing because its main mirror was faulty!
[00:25.60]NASA is now going to put the telescope right, so it will soon be sending up four astronauts to repair it.
[00:34.55]The shuttle Endeavour will be taking the astronauts to the Hubble.
[00:40.14]A robot-arm from the Endeavour will grab the telescope and hold it while the astronauts make the necessary repairs.
[00:50.26]Of course, the Hubble is above the earth's atmosphere,
[00:55.95]so it will soon be sending us the clearest pictures of the stars and distant galaxies that we have ever seen.
[01:04.87]The Hubble will tell us a great deal about the age and size of the universe.
[01:11.16]By the time you read this, the Hubble's eagle eye will have sent us thousands and thousands of wonderful pictures.