13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble

History

Official website: bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xttx2

Subscribe in all apps: podnews.net/podcast/ia06

13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble is the latest season from the BBC’s space podcast. The show returns with the extraordinary story of the Hubble Space Telescope, hosted by space scientist Dame Dr Maggie Aderin. The show follows the telescope from its final preparations for launch, through its deployment in orbit, the discovery of a devastating flaw in its primary mirror, and the extraordinary mission to repair it in space. With archive mission audio and oral histories from the NASA History Office, it will bring you into the control rooms, workshops and spacecraft at the heart of the crisis.

© (C) BBC 2026