https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/a9ca0518-0cb1-4ea5-a2d0-3c5004679791 Sign up to Nebula here: https://go.nebula.tv/realengineering Watch this video on Nebula along with our Nebula Originals: https://nebula.tv/videos/real-engineering-the-insane-engineering-of-the-james-webb-telescope Links to everything I do: https://beacons.ai/brianmcmanus Credits: Writer/Narrator: Brian McManus Editor: Dylan Hennessy Animator: Mike Ridolfi Sound: Graham Haerther Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster References: [1] https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/astronomy/epoch_reionization.pdf [2] https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/launch.html [3] https://webb.nasa.gov/content/about/orbit.html [4] https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/observatory/sunshield.html [5] https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/innovations/coating.html [6] https://www.materialstoday.com/polymers-soft-materials/news/material-keeps-heat-off-new-space-telescope/ [7] https://twitter.com/NASAWebb/status/1108795971192926208?s=20 [8]] https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2021/06/Webb_unfolding_sequence [9] https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/nasa-s-webb-telescope-packs-its-sunshield-for-a-million-mile-trip [10] https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/observatory/sunshield.html [11] https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/innovations/cryocooler.html [12] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0196890414004300 [13] https://www.northropgrumman.com/space/the-coolest-technology-cryocoolers/ [14] https://webb.nasa.gov/content/observatory/ote/mirrors/index.html#:~:text=Webb%20Telescope's%20scientists%20and%20engineers,light%20from%20these%20distant%20galaxies.&text=The%20Webb%20Telescope%20team%20decided,is%20both%20strong%20and%20light. [15] https://www.azom.com/properties.aspx?ArticleID=591 [16] https://www.beryllium.eu/about-beryllium [17] https://www.nasa.gov/topics/technology/features/webb-beryllium.html [18] https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/faqs/faq.html#sixtimes [19] https://www.nasa.gov/content/hubbles-mirror-flaw [20] https://jwst-docs.stsci.edu/jwst-observatory-hardware/jwst-telescope [21] https://jwst-docs.stsci.edu/jwst-observatory-hardware/jwst-spacecraft-bus/jwst-attitude-control-subsystem [22] https://jwst-docs.stsci.edu/jwst-observatory-hardware/jwst-spacecraft-bus/jwst-propulsion Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images Thank you to AP Archive for access to their archival footage. Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator Thank you to my patreon supporters: Adam Flohr, Henning Basma, Hank Green, William Leu, Tristan Edwards, Ian Dundore, John & Becki Johnston. Nevin Spoljaric, Jason Clark, Thomas Barth, Johnny MacDonald, Stephen Foland, Alfred Holzheu, Abdulrahman Abdulaziz Binghaith, Brent Higgins, Dexter Appleberry, Alex Pavek, Marko Hirsch, Mikkel Johansen, Hibiyi Mori. Viktor Józsa, Ron Hochsprung Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:48:47 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/a9ca0518-0cb1-4ea5-a2d0-3c5004679791 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.