How Scientists Created JWST's First Test Image

Name: How Scientists Created JWST's First Test Image
Uploaded: 2022-07-13T21:05:05Z
Duration: P290S
Description: A month after its launch, the next step for the James Webb Space Telescope was to align all 18 of its mirrors. Aligning the 18 mirrors of the James Webb Space Telescope took extreme precision and allowed it to take its first image—a star amongst many galaxies.

Clip: Season 49 Episode 10 | 4m 50s | Video has closed captioning.

A month after its launch, the next step for the James Webb Space Telescope was to align all 18 of its mirrors. Aligning the 18 mirrors of the James Webb Space Telescope took extreme precision and allowed it to take its first image—a star amongst many galaxies.

Aired: 07/13/22

Rating: NR

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Additional funding for this program is provided by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the Heising-Simons Foundation, and the NOVA Science Trust with support from Anna and Neil Rasmussen and …

Additional funding for this program is provided by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the Heising-Simons Foundation, and the NOVA Science Trust with support from Anna and Neil Rasmussen and The Kaia and Jonathan Goldstein Family Fund. Major funding for NOVA is provided by the NOVA Science Trust, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting , and PBS viewers.

How Scientists Created JWST's First Test Image

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