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The Herschel Space Telescope: Episode 1

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Episode 1

BBC Radio 4 - The Herschel Space Telescope, Episode 1

The engineers and astronomers approach the biggest milestone in their 20-year project.

The team approach the biggest milestone in their 20-year project - the launch of their work on a rocket from a spaceport in French Guiana. But will the rocket be launched safely?

The first of two programmes which follows the engineers and astronomers who worked on the biggest telescope ever sent to space, in one of the most important missions in the history of European spaceflight. Jonathon Amos joins Professor Matt Griffin of Cardiff University and his international team as they aimed to peer through the areas in space that are invisible to other telescopes. This is the story of their aims to solve the mystery behind galaxy and star formation and how these processes eventually gave rise to life-bearing planets like Earth. In this episode, first broadcast in 2009, the team are approaching the biggest milestone in their twenty year project - the launch of their work on a rocket from a spaceport in French Guiana.

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Following the team who are working on the biggest telescope ever sent to space

Jonathon Amos follows the engineers and astronomers who are working on the biggest telescope ever sent to space, in one of the most important missions in the history of European spaceflight

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