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Three decades and ten billion dollars in the making
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Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine

Three decades and ten billion dollarsin the making, the project hasn't beenwithout...

Three decades and ten billion dollars
in the making, the project hasn't been
without controversy. Multiple mishaps, budget crises, even a threatened
congressional cancellation

Full Transcript

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Three decades and ten billion dollars in the making,
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the project hasn't been without controversy.
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Multiple mishaps, budget crises,
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even a threatened congressional cancellation.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
41
Timestamp in Movie
00:03:33
Uploaded
Apr 13, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

Follows a team of engineers and scientists in an ambitious mission to launch the James Webb Space Telescope and take the next giant leap in the understanding of the universe.
[SOUNDS FADE] - Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine 00:06
[SOUNDS FADE]
[AMBER] It's been a really long road to get to this launch. - Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine 00:53
[AMBER] It's been a really long road to get to this lau...
I was in fourth or fifth grade, went up and watched. - Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine 00:21
I was in fourth or fifth grade, went up and watched.
I want to wish Hubble its own set of adventures, - Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine 00:16
I want to wish Hubble its own set of adventures,
Like the rest of the world, - Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine 00:08
Like the rest of the world,
[AMBER] That's what ended up being the James Webb Space Telescope. - Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine 00:05
[AMBER] That's what ended up being the James Webb Space...
[MIKE] There's always unknown unknowns in this business, we know it. - Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine 00:20
[MIKE] There's always unknown unknowns in this business...
- [MIKE] Cat? - [CATHY MENZEL] Yeah. - Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine 00:56
- [MIKE] Cat? - [CATHY MENZEL] Yeah.
[OPENING BRIEFCASE] - Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine 01:01
[OPENING BRIEFCASE]
It's not one of the best models of Webb, - Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine 00:30
It's not one of the best models of Webb,
Fourteen days after launch, we latch both sides of the primary mirror. - Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine 00:46
Fourteen days after launch, we latch both sides of the prima...
[AMBER] NASA actually retrofitted - Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine 00:18
[AMBER] NASA actually retrofitted
[MIKE CHUCKLING] It's the size of a three-story building, - Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine 00:50
[MIKE CHUCKLING] It's the size of a three-story buildin...
I remember it getting ready for vibration and acoustics. - Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine 00:31
I remember it getting ready for vibration and acoustics.
The team, they were always amazing people. - Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine 00:57
The team, they were always amazing people.
it worked the first time. - Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine 00:19
it worked the first time.
We have a mission that's basically ready. - Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine 00:15
We have a mission that's basically ready.
[AMBER] All of these years we've put into getting this telescope - Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine 00:12
[AMBER] All of these years we've put into getting this ...
[SIRENS WAILING] - Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine 00:10
[SIRENS WAILING]
[MIKE] Do I like launches? Well... - Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine 00:15
[MIKE] Do I like launches? Well...