Name: Building The James Webb Telescope
Uploaded: 2021-01-01
Duration: 17 min 38 s
Description: This is the epic story of the James Webb Space Telescope, told first-hand by the scientists who developed it. Building the largest, most advanced, and most expensive telescope ever made does not come without its challenges. But seeing further into space than ever before will be worth the struggle.

This is the epic story of the James Webb Space Telescope, told first-hand by the scientists who developed it. Building the largest, most advanced, and most expensive telescope ever made does not come without its challenges. But seeing further into space than ever before will be worth the struggle.

Hear first-hand from the scientists who spent decades building the James Webb Space Telescope, a machine designed to look farther into space than any before it. This episode reveals the folding mirror, cryogenic design, and tennis court-sized sun shield that made the mission possible. Sign up to see how bold engineering could transform our view of the cosmos.

Inside the 25-year engineering gamble to see the universe's first light.

The story of the science behind the largest, most advanced, and most expensive telescope ever made.

Inside the 25-year engineering gamble to see the universe's first light.

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