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BBC World Service · 59 episodes with transcripts

NEW from the BBC’s space podcast: A revolutionary telescope and the tiny flaw that almost destroyed the dream. Hubble transformed our understanding of the universe.

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Trouble with Hubble: 1. A window on the universe

October 5, 2026

Maggie Aderin-Pocock (0:06)

A solitary car pulls into an empty parking lot in Sunnyvale, California. It's late into the night of the 27th of January, 1986 Building 157 is quiet, but the lights inside still flicker with life.

A woman exits the car into the cold darkness. She's in her early 30s with short, wavy brown hair. Kathy Sullivan, a NASA astronaut, has flown from the other side of the country, Texas, for an appointment with a machine. The machine is considered too precious and too delicate to risk being contaminated by even a…

Kathy Sullivan (1:01)

If you're going to get in there, you need to get cleaned up very, very well.

Maggie Aderin-Pocock (1:07)

She enters the building, flashing her security card, and heads with purpose to the changing room.

Kathy is a frequent visitor. She's hit a plan to prepare to get the machine ready.

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