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Lyman Spitzer: Making Space For Hubble

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Seventy-five years ago, astronomer Lyman Spitzer envisioned a future for space exploration that deepened humanity’s curiosity about the cosmos. A visionary behind the Hubble Space Telescope, Spitzer was among the earliest astronomers pioneering a revolutionary way to explore the universe through astronomical satellites.

His vision came over a decade before the launch of the first satellite, Sputnik, as well as the establishment of NASA itself. While the fundamental concept of sending a large telescope into space wasn’t new, the reality of doing so was. Seventy-five years ago, astronomer Lyman Spitzer envisioned a future for space exploration that deepened humanity’s curiosity about the cosmos.

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Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Paul Morris: Lead Producer
Anisha Engineer: Lead Writer
Grace Weikert: Narration

Image Credits of Dr. Spitzer:
The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Don Morton
Denise Applewhite

Music Credits:
"Lead Train" by Sebastian Barnaby Robertson [BMI] and Tristan Calder [ASCAP] via Killer Tracks [BMI], Soundcast Music [SESAC], and Universal Production Music.

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