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Ultimate space telescope / written, produced, and directed by Terri Randall.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: NV62110 | PBSDistributor: Arlington, VA : PBS Distribution, [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Edition: WidescreenDescription: 1 videodisc (55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 9781531714680
  • 1531714684
Uniform titles:
  • Contained within (work) : Nova (Television program)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Narrator, Craig Sechler.Summary: "How did NASA engineers build and launch the most ambitious telescope of all time? Follow the dramatic story of the James Webb Space Telescope -- the most complex machine ever launched into space. If it works, scientists believe that this new eye on the universe will peer deeper back in time and space than ever before to the birth of galaxies, and may even be able to "sniff" the atmospheres of exoplanets as we search for signs of life beyond Earth. But getting it to work is no easy task. The telescope is far bigger than its predecessor, the famous Hubble Space Telescope, and it needs to make its observations a million miles away from Earth -- so there will be no chance to go out and fix it. That means there's no room for error; the most ambitious telescope ever built needs to work perfectly. Meet the engineers making it happen and join them on their high stakes journey to uncover new secrets of the universe."--Container.
List(s) this item appears in: NASA's 65th Anniversary Audiovisual profile: Click to open in new window
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Adult DVD Adult DVD Northport Library DVD 522.2919 U47 Available 33111009970050
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, from its conception to completion.

English SDH and described audio.

DVD; NTSC, region 1; stereo; widescreen.

Narrator, Craig Sechler.

Widescreen.

Title from disc surface.

"How did NASA engineers build and launch the most ambitious telescope of all time? Follow the dramatic story of the James Webb Space Telescope -- the most complex machine ever launched into space. If it works, scientists believe that this new eye on the universe will peer deeper back in time and space than ever before to the birth of galaxies, and may even be able to "sniff" the atmospheres of exoplanets as we search for signs of life beyond Earth. But getting it to work is no easy task. The telescope is far bigger than its predecessor, the famous Hubble Space Telescope, and it needs to make its observations a million miles away from Earth -- so there will be no chance to go out and fix it. That means there's no room for error; the most ambitious telescope ever built needs to work perfectly. Meet the engineers making it happen and join them on their high stakes journey to uncover new secrets of the universe."--Container.

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