Hubble Repair Mission Astronauts Visit Museum
3,761 views · Published 17 November 2011 · 45:20 · Indexed 4 October 2026
Channel: American Museum of Natural History · 2011 · Science & Technology
NASA astronauts Michael Massimino and John Grunsfeld, crew members on mission STS-125 to repair the Hubble Space Telescope, joined Curator Michael Shara for a Q&A in the Cullman Hall of the Universe on Tuesday, November 15. The astronauts' repair mission is featured in one of the dioramas of the Museum's special exhibition Beyond Planet Earth: The Future of Space Exploration, which opens Saturday, November 19, and is curated by Dr. Shara. Hayden Planetarium Director Neil deGrasse Tyson emceed the event and fielded questions from the audience and Twitter as over 1,000 viewers tuned into the live stream of the Q&A on amnh.org. *** Subscribe to our channel: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=AMNHorg Check out our full video catalog: http://www.youtube.com/user/AMNHorg Facebook: http://fb.com/naturalhistory Twitter: http://twitter.com/amnh Tumblr: http://amnhnyc.tumblr.com/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/amnh
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