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Thursday, October 1 by Julie Brown
Due out in 2010, Hubble 3D is the latest and possibly last of the IMAX space films of its era.
As the Space Shuttle program comes to an end next year, so too draws to a close the incredible era of taking the giant IMAX cameras into space on board the Shuttles and having astronauts act as camera operators and directors of photography for some of the biggest films ever made for the silver screen. Toni Myers is directing Hubble 3D and she gave this insight into the filming mission carried out in May this year.
CLICK HERE to read an article from the MSNBC Cosmic Log “Lights, Camera…Hubble” that debuted this week.
Astronaut Drew Feustel looms large as he moves a corrective-optics package from the Hubble Space Telescope to a stowage position during May's final servicing mission. This view was captured by the Imax 3-D camera in Atlantis' cargo bay.
"Atlantis' trip to the Hubble Space Telescope in May may have marked not only the last time that astronauts put their hands on the crown jewels of NASA's astronomical assets, but also the last opportunity for filming a Hollywood-style production aboard a space shuttle.
"It made me sentimental," admitted Toni Myers, the film's producer, director and editor.
Myers has been involved in half a dozen big-screen space documentaries, including "Hail Columbia!" - which dates back to the dawn of the space shuttle age in 1981. Almost three decades later, "Hubble 3D" may be the last of the breed.
"The film age is definitely pretty much coming to an end," she said. It so happens that the space shuttle age is nearing its end as well. If NASA sticks to its current schedule, the fleet's final flight will take place in the latter part of next year - perhaps just as "Hubble 3D" is coming out on DVD."
How many IMAX "SPACE" films have you seen? Which was your favourite? Tell us why.
As the Space Shuttle program comes to an end next year, so too draws to a close the incredible era of taking the giant IMAX cameras into space on board the Shuttles and having astronauts act as camera operators and directors of photography for some of the biggest films ever made for the silver screen. Toni Myers is directing Hubble 3D and she gave this insight into the filming mission carried out in May this year.
CLICK HERE to read an article from the MSNBC Cosmic Log “Lights, Camera…Hubble” that debuted this week.
Astronaut Drew Feustel looms large as he moves a corrective-optics package from the Hubble Space Telescope to a stowage position during May's final servicing mission. This view was captured by the Imax 3-D camera in Atlantis' cargo bay.
"Atlantis' trip to the Hubble Space Telescope in May may have marked not only the last time that astronauts put their hands on the crown jewels of NASA's astronomical assets, but also the last opportunity for filming a Hollywood-style production aboard a space shuttle.
"It made me sentimental," admitted Toni Myers, the film's producer, director and editor.
Myers has been involved in half a dozen big-screen space documentaries, including "Hail Columbia!" - which dates back to the dawn of the space shuttle age in 1981. Almost three decades later, "Hubble 3D" may be the last of the breed.
"The film age is definitely pretty much coming to an end," she said. It so happens that the space shuttle age is nearing its end as well. If NASA sticks to its current schedule, the fleet's final flight will take place in the latter part of next year - perhaps just as "Hubble 3D" is coming out on DVD."
How many IMAX "SPACE" films have you seen? Which was your favourite? Tell us why.
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