Building the Largest Space Telescope Ever | National Geographic

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In a global collaboration between NASA, ESA, and CSA, a team of more than a thousand scientists and engineers are building the largest telescope ever sent into space-the James Webb Space Telescope. Bigger and more powerful than its famous predecessor, the Hubble Space Telescope, the Webb telescope will be able to observe some of the earliest light that ever existed in the universe and possibly find clues to where we came from.
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  • @katherinedent7617
    @katherinedent76178 жыл бұрын

    I can't wait for the Webb telescope to get up there. Been waiting all my life to see something like this. Just want to know what we are all about

  • @mattherman2701

    @mattherman2701

    7 жыл бұрын

    Katherine Dent Me too!

  • @JustJackOnYoutube

    @JustJackOnYoutube

    6 жыл бұрын

    Katherine Dent same

  • @nodie6858

    @nodie6858

    3 жыл бұрын

    Gladly you'll see it on October 2021

  • @cosmo207

    @cosmo207

    3 жыл бұрын

    Congrats

  • @alexchaffin6265

    @alexchaffin6265

    2 жыл бұрын

    Almost time!

  • @Arm4g3dd0nX
    @Arm4g3dd0nX10 жыл бұрын

    This needs to be a 1-2 hour special. I'd watch that. O_o

  • @giraffegeorge8142

    @giraffegeorge8142

    10 жыл бұрын

    I would too, they'll probably make one...although you'll have to wait for at least 6 years unitl this telescope is launched and has data.

  • @PassportGaming

    @PassportGaming

    7 жыл бұрын

    Only 3 more years :)

  • @KevinP32270

    @KevinP32270

    6 жыл бұрын

    Arm4g3dd0nX agreed

  • @suzuya_96

    @suzuya_96

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hmmm

  • @-Abduuu

    @-Abduuu

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@giraffegeorge8142 now it will happen

  • @farhanrasheed2033
    @farhanrasheed20332 жыл бұрын

    It's officially being made and has sent to the space and even shot some pictures which are amazing

  • @crazyelon9774
    @crazyelon97743 жыл бұрын

    It has been 6 years and I am still excitingly waiting for launch!

  • @elsathelioness
    @elsathelioness10 жыл бұрын

    Can hardly wait to see photos in space from it:)

  • @GetWetIBlade

    @GetWetIBlade

    10 жыл бұрын

    yah, gotta be amazing :) Just imagine in about 50 years the amazing stuff we will get to see!!

  • @Liuwailing

    @Liuwailing

    10 жыл бұрын

    wonderful and shared thanks Ruth

  • @MegaBanne

    @MegaBanne

    10 жыл бұрын

    Freds Mind Why 50 years?

  • @GetWetIBlade

    @GetWetIBlade

    10 жыл бұрын

    In about 15 years they will launch the first humans to mars, Just imagine how much more awesome stuff that will happend until 50 years from now, technology wise!

  • @MegaBanne

    @MegaBanne

    10 жыл бұрын

    Freds Mind Aparently we might be on mars earlier than that. I have this science magazine which says that private companies are even closer than so, 2018 to be more precise.

  • @serge155
    @serge15510 жыл бұрын

    Get it in space NOW! I want to know more about Kepler 22b!

  • @eot0x00ff8

    @eot0x00ff8

    9 жыл бұрын

    Nicholas Schubert it will be in space 2018

  • @hamids4550

    @hamids4550

    9 жыл бұрын

    S-Voyager * 2014

  • @eot0x00ff8

    @eot0x00ff8

    9 жыл бұрын

    no its going to launch in 2018

  • @hamids4550

    @hamids4550

    9 жыл бұрын

    Really? I heard in one of their lectures back in 2010 or something they said it will be lunched 2014! I thought they did...hm my bad

  • @slogue77

    @slogue77

    9 жыл бұрын

    S-Voyager * :(

  • @donbaxley5530
    @donbaxley553010 жыл бұрын

    That damn thing will not unfold as planned . Just wait and see!

  • @Paep50

    @Paep50

    3 ай бұрын

    It did unfold as planned!

  • @i.am.martine
    @i.am.martine10 жыл бұрын

    its really inspiring. I wish its longer...

  • @awkweird_panda
    @awkweird_panda6 жыл бұрын

    Its amazing to see how the world comes together and works for the betterment of society and pioneering space exploration.

  • @thomthumbe
    @thomthumbe3 жыл бұрын

    It was fun watching this telescope be built from the visitors galley at Goddard SFC. Each of the mirrors sat on a balcony area therein for weeks, each in its own case, until they were carefully added to the frame.

  • @1BestEnemy
    @1BestEnemy10 жыл бұрын

    I totally forgot about this telescope! I've seen it in some space documentaries about it long time ago. Can't wait!

  • @michaeldunham3065
    @michaeldunham30655 жыл бұрын

    This is absolutely amazing and I feel so glad that they have created this video to show off the telescope that will produce some of the first and clearest pictures into the farthest past of our universe :)

  • @luisjoselitotorresrojas4523
    @luisjoselitotorresrojas45236 жыл бұрын

    With this telescope we will understand not only the universe but also humanity in a way we had never expected before.

  • @alkhibrah
    @alkhibrah6 жыл бұрын

    This is a project of big scientific tool, for precious images of space. Hope success for mission.

  • @SnoopyDoofie
    @SnoopyDoofie10 жыл бұрын

    Under the guise of "science", Darth Vader and his team of "scientists" commence work on the Death Star.

  • @tacoboysucks
    @tacoboysucks10 жыл бұрын

    awesome! hopefully it can study super earths and other exoplanets much more clearly.

  • @nawrasjnaid1603
    @nawrasjnaid1603 Жыл бұрын

    We are living in the age of the James Webb Telescope now and we are seeing its amazing images

  • @KevinP32270
    @KevinP322706 жыл бұрын

    Epic. Godspeed to all.

  • @TheOddOneOutGaming
    @TheOddOneOutGaming10 жыл бұрын

    They should use it to study blazar and quazars

  • @50andURnotLOLOLOL
    @50andURnotLOLOLOL10 жыл бұрын

    Great news to hear.

  • @Spartan5685
    @Spartan56857 жыл бұрын

    I think the most surprising thing from this video was that CANADA has a space program… ha who knew… @3:23

  • @CHAS1422
    @CHAS142210 жыл бұрын

    Pretty awesome. Can't wait!

  • @xo4205

    @xo4205

    2 жыл бұрын

    Now your precious wish have come in less 6 month from now...it is a dream come to true to see a stunning image from outside universe after 7 years of waiting

  • @crisostomoam
    @crisostomoam9 жыл бұрын

    Awesome to think about how we can use all we know in chemistry to build such an enormous thing to go into space to do such amazing work.

  • @maraos8869

    @maraos8869

    9 жыл бұрын

    More than just chemistry

  • @calummorris4637

    @calummorris4637

    9 жыл бұрын

    all we know in *physics... chemistry is really just classifying physics

  • @touyubeusr
    @touyubeusr10 жыл бұрын

    Please tell me the rocket propelling it is called "The Webb Slinger".

  • @alithegeek

    @alithegeek

    7 жыл бұрын

    touyubeusr Well now that's what it is in my head

  • @amidamaru2073
    @amidamaru207310 жыл бұрын

    3:07 thats what she said

  • @indigomarine91

    @indigomarine91

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sweet

  • @PhinnyCobbler
    @PhinnyCobbler10 жыл бұрын

    Finally something tolerable and on topic from this channel

  • @rchuso
    @rchuso10 жыл бұрын

    Way cool!

  • @The_Stoic_
    @The_Stoic_6 жыл бұрын

    Looking forward to what it will reveal! Reminds one, a bit, of a "star destroyer"...☺️

  • @KarlenBell
    @KarlenBell10 жыл бұрын

    Now everything is getting bigger, the mars rover is getting bigger, ISS is getting bigger, and even space telescopes are getting bigger. WOW!

  • @Extratyggis
    @Extratyggis6 жыл бұрын

    im really hyped about dis telescope

  • @ezadviper
    @ezadviper10 жыл бұрын

    NIce tie !!

  • @inbcbleman
    @inbcbleman10 жыл бұрын

    very ambitious. let's get it done.

  • @adonistopofmen2571
    @adonistopofmen25712 жыл бұрын

    fantastic .....

  • @wissamsakre
    @wissamsakre6 жыл бұрын

    I can't wait tel time come for launching !

  • @alexs.1242
    @alexs.12426 жыл бұрын

    That's Amber Straughn, isn't it? She was on 60 MInutes this past weekend, in Bill Whitaker's segment on the Hubble Space Telescope.

  • @max84678
    @max8467810 жыл бұрын

    when this is sent into space... R.I.P Hubble Space Telescope we will miss you :,(

  • @swice
    @swice10 жыл бұрын

    Can't wait

  • @Abhijitkad
    @Abhijitkad7 жыл бұрын

    what is shape of the mirror segments of primary mirror ?

  • @JLConawayII
    @JLConawayII10 жыл бұрын

    James Webb is right on track to launch in 3854, right around the time humanity colonizes the Andromeda galaxy. Seriously though, the thing is taking forever.

  • @chrisanderson2192

    @chrisanderson2192

    5 жыл бұрын

    JLConawayII well I’m here in 2019 and we’re only a few years away

  • @xo4205

    @xo4205

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well, in year of 2022 after a long time we have been wait, JWST is finally on the way to L2 point...in less 6 month we will see a great stunning image from outside universe..

  • @valeriucore4613
    @valeriucore46134 жыл бұрын

    I am a great fan of National Geographic. You, guys, shoot ingenious films. What I didn't expect from you that you didn't make a film about batteries. There were technical series for engineers like 'Big, Bigger, Biggest' that were capable of being watched by old guys with their wifes. That's the series my wife watched without annoying debates. We, the workers, still don't know the evolution of the batteries, and it's obvious that we need better ones to what we have today. Batteries: The Great Change. From first electricity experiments to Tesla batteries. No one can do that, if you will not. Only you are capable of doing that. (I come from the Russian Federation.)

  • @ClayBo21879
    @ClayBo2187910 жыл бұрын

    Considering all the shuttle missions to Hubble for general service and updates, how will this be done with the Webb telescope and its great distance from Earth?

  • @smartalek180
    @smartalek18010 жыл бұрын

    Uh-oh: "It gets to the heart of our big questions... where do we come from, and how did we get here, and are we alone..." (3:44-3:52) And cue the god-botherers in 3, 2... Oh wait; Don't bother, they're here.

  • @michaeluwuowo
    @michaeluwuowo3 жыл бұрын

    getting launched this year. i cant wait :DDDDDD

  • @shadyxx92
    @shadyxx9210 жыл бұрын

    can't wait

  • @joeyyybadass9615
    @joeyyybadass96158 жыл бұрын

    U r right I agree with Freddy Acosta

  • @musicologoellibro3404
    @musicologoellibro34044 жыл бұрын

    Bueno esto se pone interesante esperemos el lanzamiento a ver qué pasa.

  • @ronlovell84
    @ronlovell8410 жыл бұрын

    The most surprising fact here is that (Canada) has an actual Space program (CSA or ASC, if you're French Canadian)?

  • @stevenmarler5154
    @stevenmarler515410 жыл бұрын

    A science cheer-leading pep talk

  • @pasindudilshan7118
    @pasindudilshan71186 жыл бұрын

    Wow

  • @aerthniji
    @aerthniji6 жыл бұрын

    Please don't delay it anymore launch it this year.

  • @honey4xi
    @honey4xi6 жыл бұрын

    Will James Webb Telescope counts how many galaxies in the universes after its launch & destination in 2019?

  • @StickmanPaul
    @StickmanPaul10 жыл бұрын

    Fuck the telescopes, WE NEED MASS RELAYS, Lets start a petition! lol

  • @GANTZ100pts
    @GANTZ100pts6 жыл бұрын

    Launch date Seems to be around spring of 2019 or so now.

  • @holyweed8564
    @holyweed85646 жыл бұрын

    new discoveries here we come :D

  • @nodie6858
    @nodie68583 жыл бұрын

    It coming October this year BoOoOoI

  • @ttykv
    @ttykv10 жыл бұрын

    SpaceEngineers. Challenge Accepted!

  • @stefanf922
    @stefanf92210 жыл бұрын

    wonderful. being a primarily infrared observatory, would it potentially be able to detect life on exo-planets?

  • @trpsurvivor

    @trpsurvivor

    8 жыл бұрын

    Yes. I was watching a documentary about this called "Telescope" and they mentioned it can do that.

  • @trpsurvivor

    @trpsurvivor

    8 жыл бұрын

    Yes. I was watching a documentary about this called "Telescope" and they mentioned it can do that.

  • @JackBWise8
    @JackBWise88 жыл бұрын

    Only one thing would make this telescope cooler: If it was named the James Woods Space Telescope.

  • @grasuh
    @grasuh10 жыл бұрын

    Looks like a giant piano!

  • @RedMass59
    @RedMass5910 жыл бұрын

    And im guessing this invention will really answer the question, ARE WE ALONE?

  • @ccwynn6657

    @ccwynn6657

    6 жыл бұрын

    Not the primary goal. Pay attention to her list of objectives. "ARE WE ALONE?" is #4 and only interjected by the politicos in NASA. This objective will require the JWST to be pointed toward two of the brightest stars in the Universe, which could fry the sensitive IR optics.

  • @suvechhabose7586

    @suvechhabose7586

    3 жыл бұрын

    I don't think we are alone

  • @N0616JCProductions
    @N0616JCProductions10 жыл бұрын

    So this telescope will be primarily used for infrared astronomy? Oh well, we still got Hubble for visible spectrum of the EM waves.

  • @MegaBanne

    @MegaBanne

    10 жыл бұрын

    The vicible spectra is like nothing compared to the size of the infrared spectra. It's like going from blindness, to the ability to peer trough walls!

  • @N0616JCProductions

    @N0616JCProductions

    10 жыл бұрын

    ***** So true. Especially with flase color added it, oh boy, it's another set of rainbow.

  • @px64
    @px645 жыл бұрын

    the 3d model of mirror shown here seems to be highly distorted!..

  • @pyrotechnik9022
    @pyrotechnik90227 жыл бұрын

    The wink at 0:41 is concerning

  • @RicoSuavae
    @RicoSuavae Жыл бұрын

    Next thing you know a Boston dynamaics robot will be flying one of these with A.I inside of a elon musk space vehicle

  • @jeejaharidas7033
    @jeejaharidas70334 жыл бұрын

    May be we will be able to find life bearing planets and new galaxies. Infrared is cool ! And this guy is way larger than Hubble ! very very interesting 😂😂🎉🎉🎉👍

  • @Explorer62024
    @Explorer620243 жыл бұрын

    It'll be launched soon

  • @KevinP32270
    @KevinP322706 жыл бұрын

    Wait....the solar system is moving. Will the telescope be able to travel with us being out so far.

  • @leotl3368
    @leotl336810 жыл бұрын

    4th purpose is the exciting one

  • @AmricanEagl
    @AmricanEagl10 жыл бұрын

    She is a woman that every man on this planet would love to have.What a beautiful and intelligent woman that she is!!!

  • @davidvaughn7752

    @davidvaughn7752

    3 жыл бұрын

    "Have"?

  • @sammacaraeg1992
    @sammacaraeg199210 жыл бұрын

    The 2nd 3rd and 4th reasons/goals of the telescope were the same thing

  • @rgaleny
    @rgaleny10 жыл бұрын

    Will somebody out there please test to prove or disprove the Electric Universe model that denies elements of Relativity

  • @iwasnamedian
    @iwasnamedian10 жыл бұрын

    i always thought it was about how powerful a telescope it vs how big it is

  • @jonathangrice3549

    @jonathangrice3549

    10 жыл бұрын

    the two correlate.

  • @iwasnamedian

    @iwasnamedian

    10 жыл бұрын

    ah okay, what i know about them is just basic information

  • @jonathangrice3549

    @jonathangrice3549

    10 жыл бұрын

    Bigger telescopes gather more light and produce higher resolution images

  • @Watcher1852
    @Watcher185210 жыл бұрын

    Way. Way. Out. There way to go

  • @MrGreenDayRocks
    @MrGreenDayRocks7 жыл бұрын

    FINISHED TODAY WOO

  • @travismiller5548
    @travismiller55486 жыл бұрын

    so much why, very little what and how. all i’ve learned was that the mirror is beryllium and gold.

  • @ranjaym1294
    @ranjaym12946 жыл бұрын

    After the launch of James Webb telescope, can I have the Hubble please?

  • @alicjam4883
    @alicjam488310 жыл бұрын

    Hey maybe this telescope can see other EARTH-LIKE planets like of the Gliese 581 Planets

  • @ranjaym1294
    @ranjaym12946 жыл бұрын

    I am sending my Dobsonian telescope into space next year.

  • @ct-yl8742
    @ct-yl87426 жыл бұрын

    it kinda looks like a star destroyer

  • @glenngazmen4049
    @glenngazmen40496 жыл бұрын

    When it be operational?

  • @mattchatman9182
    @mattchatman918210 жыл бұрын

    when will this be sent into space?

  • @TheChaosUnlimited
    @TheChaosUnlimited10 жыл бұрын

    Anyone else realize how long this video is? :)

  • @willieofroanoke
    @willieofroanoke10 жыл бұрын

    Lets hope they get the mirror in focus this time and duh...test while still on earth, unlike Hubble that needed "glasses" and a expensive and dangerous space walk to fix.

  • @hastyscorpion1
    @hastyscorpion110 жыл бұрын

    What happens if something breaks on the telescope? How will we service this thing?

  • @rkalugo
    @rkalugo5 жыл бұрын

    OMG ITS STILL NOT LAUNCHED YET

  • @presidiun
    @presidiun10 жыл бұрын

    Damn, she is both gorgeous and smart. I am in love!

  • @presidiun

    @presidiun

    7 жыл бұрын

    Peder Hansen The hunger for wander is among the most important traits a person needs!!!!!!!!!

  • @user-dj6ld8xp5w

    @user-dj6ld8xp5w

    6 жыл бұрын

    She married

  • @starshot5172

    @starshot5172

    6 жыл бұрын

    presidiun creep

  • @Shark-kawaii104

    @Shark-kawaii104

    6 жыл бұрын

    Wanna hear something depressing you will only live to be one scientist but of one thing in your whole life and you will accomplish one theory or more or one invention or more😖

  • @Shark-kawaii104

    @Shark-kawaii104

    6 жыл бұрын

    @@user-dj6ld8xp5w are you annyomous member how did you know that except of course you searched her

  • @fakeappellation7343
    @fakeappellation73437 жыл бұрын

    If we find life on a planet, let's say, a billion light years away, it means there has been life on that planet for at least a billion years. What is life on that planet like as we speak? Damn.

  • @herbertnatanael
    @herbertnatanael2 жыл бұрын

    👏👏👏👏👏

  • @cristianmaclachlan2036
    @cristianmaclachlan20362 жыл бұрын

    FALTAN 18 DIAS

  • @kingred8933
    @kingred89338 жыл бұрын

    When will the Webb telescoped be launched?

  • @rezeno5665

    @rezeno5665

    7 жыл бұрын

    king Red 2018

  • @HeadhunterProductions
    @HeadhunterProductions10 жыл бұрын

    I don't suppose they've designed a lifter for this. I highly doubt a Delta IV Heavy will be enough.

  • @bubblegumgravy8751
    @bubblegumgravy87513 жыл бұрын

    My history teacher is making me watch this

  • @ajvlogs5415
    @ajvlogs54155 жыл бұрын

    At my school this is in one of my articles

  • @insaen6
    @insaen610 жыл бұрын

    And Earth?? big question!!!thnks

  • @walalang6642
    @walalang66422 жыл бұрын

    first of all.. i am mesmerized by this woman's beauty 😍

  • @oliviacolomar8710
    @oliviacolomar87107 жыл бұрын

    video length is 4:20? ⚡️ it!!!

  • @shakirbukhari
    @shakirbukhari10 жыл бұрын

    Waiting for it's launch ...........

  • @xxxxxxxx0008
    @xxxxxxxx00085 жыл бұрын

    wow the only words can i say w0w

  • @Your_Wife.s_Boyfriend
    @Your_Wife.s_Boyfriend6 жыл бұрын

    Is that what they call a "smart kitchen" ?

  • @Vicvines
    @Vicvines9 жыл бұрын

    Ok... so who is James Webb and what's a telescope?

  • @Vicvines

    @Vicvines

    9 жыл бұрын

    I'm joking. But one of the big things I'm so fearful of is if it somehow fucks up when trying to open or something.

  • @ornygorny2901

    @ornygorny2901

    9 жыл бұрын

    Lol. No one was tricked.

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