Dr. Jeffrey Hoffman — The Hubble Space Telescope: From a Terrible Disaster to One of NASA’s Greatest Scientific Triumphs

The Hubble Space Telescope — From a terrible disaster to one of NASA’s greatest scientific triumphs. Dr. Jeffrey Hoffman is a former NASA astronaut and MIT professor who flew five space shuttle missions, logging more than 1,200 hours in space. He helped repair the Hubble Space Telescope during the landmark 1993 mission, restoring its ability to capture extraordinary images of the universe. Inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, he brings firsthand experience of the challenges, discoveries, and possibilities of human space exploration.