Webb Primary Mirror Installation Time Lapse
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- Edited by:
- Michael McClare
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- Directed by:
- Christopher Gunn
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- Produced by:
- Michael McClare
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- Videography:
- Michael McClare
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A time lapse video showing the installation of the 18 mirror segments of James Webb Space Telescope's primary mirror. The time lapse master used to create this video contains more than 160,000 images. If these images were played in sequence at a common video speed of 30 frames a second, the total run time would be one hour and 20 mintues long. This is an edited version of that master.
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Credits
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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Editor
- Michael McClare (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead]
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Artistic director
- Christopher Gunn (USRA) [Lead]
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Producer
- Michael McClare (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead]
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Videographer
- Michael McClare (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead]
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Building The Next Hubble
Read moreScientists and engineers finish installing the primary mirrors on NASA's next-generation space observatory. || Once assembled, the James Webb Space Telescope will be the biggest and most powerful space telescope ever built. Its 18 primary mirror segments will work together as one large 21.3-foot diameter mirror to observe very distant objects in the cosmos. In February 2016, scientists and engineers completed installation of all of Webb’s primary mirrors onto the telescope in a large clean room at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The team used a robotic arm reminiscent of a claw machine to meticulously place each of the hexagonal-shaped mirror segments onto the telescope structure. Each mirror is made of ultra-lightweight beryllium and coated with a thin layer of gold. The light detected by the mirrors will provide astronomers with images of the first galaxies ever formed, helping them study the many phases in the history of our universe, including the evolution of our own solar system. Watch the video to see a time-lapse of the mirror installation. ||
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