James Webb Space Telescope Launch and Deployment

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Published 2017-01-24
Northrop Grumman is proud to lead the industry team building NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. This revolutionary observatory is the largest telescope built for space and the most powerful infrared telescope ever made. It is the scientific successor to the Hubble Space Telescope. The Webb telescope will travel 1 million miles from earth and look back over 13.5 billion years, providing images of the first galaxies formed and observing unexplored planets around distant stars. The breakthrough technology developed for the Webb Telescope will expand our understanding of the universe, rewrite textbooks and inspire a future generation of engineers and scientists.

This animation captures Webb’s journey into orbit, 1 million miles away from earth, depicting the sequence of events surrounding the launch and deployment of this game changing observatory. The travel time, distance and transformation of the telescope as it deploys are included in this sequence.

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All Comments (21)
  • @jaapongeveer6203
    I'm 66, if I live to see pix from the beginning of time, I'll die happy.
  • @BenJammins
    It's crazy this video was back in 2017 and so much has changed between and the launch yesterday
  • @sunUK20
    Who's here after the launch? A marvellous masterpiece indeed!! Thanks to all humanity👍👍
  • @valsainking
    I got tears in my eyes just from watching this. Truly a humbling undertaking. God bless all the scientists who endeavored for years to make this epic project a reality.
  • @johnnie135
    The origami folding of this instrument scares the hell out of me. I can't wait to see the very first image that this telescope will deliver.
  • @NaesNavillus
    Can't freaking wait!!! I've been waiting for this since I was 16 and I'm almost 30 years old now!! Here's to a flawless mission 🙏🏻🤞🏻
  • @ramilarbiol5577
    This presentation is very accurate for 4 years after uploading. Kudos to You and to the Engineers, Scientists and Mathematicians.
  • @mjproebstle
    cant wait!! my cousin is an engineer on the team 😊
  • @tomriddle1195
    This video really deserves a 1B view. Respect to the scientists and engineers working on this project.
  • @dariomadeit5262
    Visiting this video today to say we finally did it. The moment I’ve been waiting for since I was 10 is finally here. I’m 21 now and the James Webb Space Telescope launched yesterday 🙏🏼
  • @goddamn4012
    If this process works fully, those engineers need to be give some really big medals and have to be made heroes. Engineers are modest and let their work do the talking so the public takes them for granted. The public has to be made to acknowledge their efforts..
  • @enioni716
    Just praying that everything goes right. The pictures we will recieve will be ofcourse gorgeous.
  • @dylanaguilar6545
    Damn even after it finnnaly gets in space we still gotta wait 160 days to see if everything went as planned, that’s gunna kill me
  • @AngryAuditor
    If you came back in July 2022 to watch where it all began, you are a LEGEND.
  • @tamannaghosh6820
    Years of hardwork will pay back soon. Have a healthy space journey JWST. Hope you will find many unknown secrets of this universe.
  • @dejiamoo
    Oh man. That thing is intricate AF. Wish you guys luck!
  • @gandigooglegandigoogle7202
    the launch of the James Webb telescope by the French team in French Guiana was so precise that Naza communicated that the telescope would have years of life more than what had been planned ... indeed the propellant on board in the telescope which was intended to periodically readjust the position of the telescope in space, was saved, because it was not used to correct the trajectory! a huge success for Ariane and this French team. Naza is happy, ESA is happy ... i'm so happy !!
  • @xSkorpa
    So pumped we are getting closer to this launch date!