“Hubble 3D”

A new film, called "Hubble 3D," was released on March 19, 2010. This film, documenting the flight of STS-125 in 2009, is narrated by actor Leonardo DiCaprio, starring the astronauts and the stars. Its run time is approximately 45 minutes.

The documentary was made possible by the IMAX 3-D cameras, which the astronauts were trained to operate in Houston, that were launched aboard the Atlantis shuttle mission, whose goal was repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. The cameras were running as the astronauts took five spacewalks to work on the telescope so that it could continue producing its amazing photographs of deep space. Also included in the documentary are the astounding images taken the Hubble telescope. And, of course, it is in 3-D, so all the stars in the telescope's stunning photographs come to life.

This is not the first time that IMAX 3-D cameras have captured images of work out in space: in 2001, the camera first ventured to the International Space Station.