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Performed in early March, this most recent test involved commanding the spacecraft’s internal systems to fully extend, and latch Webb’s iconic 21 feet 4 inch (6.5 meter) primary mirror into the same configuration it will have when in space. Read more: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/nasa-s-james-webb-space-telescope-full-mirror-deployment-a-success Video credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Producer Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Videographer Michael P. Menzel (AIMM): Videographer Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Video Editor Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Lead Videographer Bailee DesRocher (USRA): Animator This video is public domain and along with other supporting visualizations can be downloaded from the Scientific Visualization Studio at: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13498 If you liked this video, subscribe to the NASA Goddard YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/NASAExplorer Follow NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center · Instagram http://www.instagram.com/nasagoddard · Twitter http://twitter.com/NASAGoddard · Twitter http://twitter.com/NASAGoddardPix · Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NASA.GSFC · Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc

Pay a visit to the Hubble Space Telescope in its orbit above Earth’s surface and take a tour of the technology behind Hubble’s spectacular cosmic images. This 360 degree video points out Hubble’s instruments, mirrors, and other major components, and explains their purpose. Credit: Animation and Video Production: Eric Anderson, Northrop Grumman Space Systems Modeling: Benjamin Gavares, Northrop Grumman Space Systems Narration: Scott Wiessinger (USRA) See more Hubble videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiuUQ9asub3Ta8mqP5LNiOhOygRzue8kN Follow NASA's Hubble Space Telescope: · Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NASAHubble · Twitter: https://twitter.com/NASAHubble · Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/NASAHubble · Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahubble --- If you liked this video, subscribe to the NASA Goddard YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/NASAGoddard Follow NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center · Instagram http://www.instagram.com/nasagoddard · Twitter http://twitter.com/NASAGoddard · Twitter http://twitter.com/NASAGoddardPix · Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NASAGoddard · Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc

Have you ever wondered about what life on a space satellite must really be like? And how hard it must be to make repairs if things go wrong? Kathryn’s book ‘Handprints on Hubble’ is available now: https://geni.us/H6Tz Watch the Q&A: https://youtu.be/mHDd9Bo7NQ4 From living in zero gravity to spacewalking hundreds of miles up in the sky, it’s hard not to daydream about the mind-boggling experiences astronauts must have on a daily basis. In this talk retired astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan shares stories from her years spent working on the Hubble Space Telescope and other satellites, revealing the hidden engineers who were behind this technological marvel. Kathryn D. Sullivan is a NASA astronaut (retired), former Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and an inductee in the Astronaut Hall of Fame. Kathryn received a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Santa Cruz, in 1973 and a doctorate from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada, in 1978. While at Dalhousie she participated in several oceanographic expeditions that studied the floors of the and Pacific oceans. This talk was filmed in the Ri on 6 March 2020. --- A very special thank you to our Patreon supporters who help make these videos happen, especially: Alan Latteri, Andrew Downing, Andrew McGhee, Anonymous, Dave Ostler, David Crowner, David Lindo, David Schick, Greg Nagel, Jan Bannister, Joe Godenzi, John C. Vesey, Kellas Lowery, L S, Lasse T. Stendan, Matt Townsend, Osian Gwyn Williams, Paul Brown, Rebecca Pan, Robert Hillier, Robert Reinecke, and Roger Baker. --- The Ri is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheRoyalInstitution and Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-policy Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Product links on this page are affiliate links which means it won't cost you any extra but we may earn a small commission if you decide to purchase through the link.

This time-lapse video reveals NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is now a fully assembled observatory, and is accomplishing large scale deployments and movements that it will perform while in space. In 2019, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope celebrated the full mechanical and electrical assembly of the world's largest, most powerful space science observatory ever built. Meaning that Webb's two halves have been physically put together and its wiring harnesses and electrical interfaces have been connected. Following assembly, the Webb team moved on to successfully send deployment and tensioning commands to all five layers of its sunshield, which is designed to protect the observatory's mirrors and scientific instruments from light and heat, primarily from the Sun. Ensuring mission success for an observatory of this scale and complexity is a challenging endeavor. All of the telescope's major components have been tested individually through simulated environments they would encounter during launch, and while orbiting a million miles away from earth. Now that Webb is fully assembled, it must meet rigorous observatory-level standards. The complete spacecraft reacts and performs differently to testing environments than when its components are tested individually. The 1:00 minute video was created by NASA's videographers and filmed over a period of time at Northrop Grumman's clean room in Redondo Beach, California. Following Webb's successful sunshield deployment and tensioning test, members have nearly finished the long process of perfectly folding the sunshield back into its stowed position for flight, which occupies a much smaller space than when it is fully deployed. Then, the observatory will be subject to comprehensive electrical tests and one more set of mechanical tests that emulate the launch acoustic and vibration environment, followed by one final deployment and stowing cycle on the ground, before its flight into space. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET): Technical Support Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Videographer Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Videographer Michael P. Menzel (AIMM): Video Editor Song: Everlasting Force, copyright, 2015, Atomsphere Music Ltd [PRS]

This montage of more than 600 images from the Hubble Space Telescope celebrates the telescope’s 30 years of discovery. From our own cosmic neighborhood to the far reaches of the universe, Hubble has opened our eyes to breathtaking new views of the cosmos. The rapid sequence echoes Hubble’s fast pace of exploration. Though numerous, these images are just a glimpse of the data collected by Hubble over the past 30 years, and only a tiny sliver of our vast universe. https://hubblesite.org/30 CREDITS: NASA, ESA, D. Player, J. DePasquale, and M. Carruthers (STScI) Music: J. DePasquale

After 17 years of amazing infrared discoveries throughout the cosmos, NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope mission has come to an end. Join us celebrating the life and legacy of one of NASA's four great observatories. Mission members will discuss the observatory's far-reaching scientific impact and the incredible team that kept the mission going far longer than anticipated. Learn more: SPITZER SPACE TELESCOPE https://www.spacetv.net/spitzer-space-telescope/ SPACE TELESCOPES https://www.spacetv.net/space-telescopes/ HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE https://www.spacetv.net/hubble-space-telescope/ CHANDRA SPACE TELESCOPE https://www.spacetv.net/chandra-space-telescope/ Credits: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

On January 30, 2020, we had to say goodbye to NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope after more thank 16 years of revolutionizing infrared astronomy. Today, SciShow sends it off and says thank you by taking a look back at it’s incredible legacy. Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org -- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow -- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Kevin Carpentier, Eric Jensen, Matt Curls, Sam Buck, Christopher R Boucher, Avi Yashchin, Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters, Ron Kakar -- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow -- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow -- Sources: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ending-in-2020-nasas-infrared-spitzer-mission-leaves-a-gap-in-astronomy/ https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7580 https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press_kits/spitzer/quick-facts/ https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0004-637X/707/2/916 https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7036 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0004-637X/762/1/32/meta, https://youtube.com/watch?v=b3j4wz31gIM https://www.nature.com/articles/nature21360, https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7052 https://youtube.com/watch?v=QeqbD17ESH4 https://www.nature.com/articles/nature08515 https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2009-150 https://youtube.com/watch?v=syLEQgfi99Q https://books.google.com/books?id=O0L9pnYNnGwC&lpg=PR11&ots=6_rbrpPaTR&dq=Mission%20to%20Saturn%20%20Cassini%20and%20the%20Huygens%20Probe%2C%20Chichester%20%20Praxis%20Publishing%20(2002).&lr&pg=PA10#v=onepage&q=1705&f=false https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4085 http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/5762 http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/news/651-feature05-17-Spitzer-Highlights-from-Two-Years-in-Space Image Sources: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA23643 https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press_kits/spitzer/gallery/#videos-1 https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/spitzer/images/index.html https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/spitzer/multimedia/spitzer-20091007v.html https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press_kits/spitzer/gallery/top-images/ https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/saturn-moons/iapetus/in-depth/ https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA22093 http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/news/966-ssc2009-19-NASA-Space-Telescope-Discovers-Largest-Ring-Around-Saturn http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/5762 http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/2766-ssc2009-19a-Infrared-Ring-Around-Saturn https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA23644 http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/2763-ssc2009-19c-Artist-s-Rendering-of-Saturn-s-Infrared-Ring https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press_kits/spitzer/gallery/ https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia21421.jpg https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/spitzer/images/index.html https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/nasa-visualization-shows-a-black-hole-s-warped-world https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a013300/a013326/BH_Accretion_Disk_Sim_360_4k.mp4 https://www.nasa.gov/content/fermi/overview https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/toolbox/emspectrum1.html https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA16604 https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA23123 https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/figures/PIA23123_fig1.jpg https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press_kits/spitzer/ https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/images/wallpaper/PIA04267-1920x1200.jpg http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/2627-sig07-011-The-Spitzer-Space-Telescope-Spectrum http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/video-audio/1440-ssc2014-02v1-Panning-Through-the-Milky-Way http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/info/78-The-Cryogenic-Telescope-Assembly https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Distant_galaxy_GN-z11_in_GOODS-N_image_by_HST.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giovanni_Cassini.jpg http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/glimpse360/downloads https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/jwst_artist_concept_0.png https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_2526.html https://www.nasa.gov/jpl/spitzer-turns-12 http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/mission/235-Distant-Galaxies-and-Origins-of-the-Universe https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saturn_during_Equinox.jpg https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13367

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope’s mission concluded on Jan. 30, 2020, at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. After more than 16 years of studying the universe in infrared light, the spacecraft entered a state known as safe mode and ceased science operations. Launched in 2003, Spitzer revealed previously hidden features of known cosmic objects and led to discoveries and insights spanning from our own solar system to nearly the edge of the universe. For more information on the Spitzer Space Telescope, go to https://www.nasa.gov/spitzer NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, conducts mission operations and manages the Spitzer Space Telescope mission for the agency's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. Science operations are conducted at the Spitzer Science Center at Caltech in Pasadena. Spacecraft operations are based at Lockheed Martin Space in Littleton, Colorado. Data are archived at the Infrared Science Archive housed at IPAC at Caltech. Caltech manages JPL for NASA. Lockheed Martin in Sunnyvale, California, built the Spitzer spacecraft, and during development served as lead for systems and engineering, and integration and testing. Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation in Boulder, Colorado provided the optics, cryogenics and thermal shells and shields for Spitzer. Ball developed the Infrared Spectrograph (IRS) instrument, with science leadership based at Cornell University, and the Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer (MIPS) instrument, with science leadership based at the University of Arizona in Tucson. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, developed the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) instrument, with science leadership based at the Harvard Smithsonian Astrophysics Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Today at 2:34 pm, we said farewell to the Spitzer Space Telescope mission. Project Scientist Michael Werner and Senior Research Scientist Peter Eisenhardt joined our ASC team mid-January to discuss the incredible mission. All Space Considered is Griffith Observatory’s live science program that is free and open to the public, held the first Friday of every month. Subscribe now for more All Space Considered clips: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=griffithobservatory Watch All Space Considered videos: https://www.youtube.com/griffithobservatory Learn more about All Space Considered on our official site: http://griffithobservatory.org/asc/all_space.html Follow All Space Considered on SOCIAL MEDIA: Twitter: https://twitter.com/allspacecnsdrd Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AllSpaceConsidered/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/allspaceconsidered/ -Disclaimer- WE DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO THE, VIDEOS, MUSICAL MATERIAL OR PICTURES PRESENT THAT WERE NOT CREATED DIRECTLY BY GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY OR ITS AFFILIATES, ALL CREDIT FOR THIS MATERIAL GOES TO THE ORIGINAL ARTISTS, CREATORS AND COMPOSERS. Fair Use: "Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use."

This is the animated storybook tale of the Spitzer spacecraft and its exploits as part of the space telescope superteam known as NASA’s Great Observatories, which also includes Hubble. With its special power to see infrared light, Spitzer revealed a whole side of the universe that had been hidden from our view.

On January 30, 2020, NASA will send the Spitzer Space Telescope its final commands as the mission is coming to a close. But as we say goodbye to Spitzer, let's remember a few of its most incredible moments. Story: Farewell, Spitzer Space Telescope! NASA shuts down prolific observatory: https://www.space.com/spitzer-space-telescope-mission-ends.html Credit: Space.com / produced & edited by Steve Spaleta (http://www.twitter.com/stevespaleta) / Chelsea Gohd (https://twitter.com/chelsea_gohd) / Judi Stroh

Hubble welcomes the Year of the Rat with a view of its own favorite rodents, NGC 4676A and B, and highlights the planetary origins of the Chinese zodiac’s 12-year timetable. For more information about the Hubble Space Telescope and its images, visit https://nasa.gov/hubble. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Bradley Hague (GSFC Interns): Lead Producer Music Credits: “Milky Way Travel” by July Tourret [SACEM]. Koka Media [SACEM], and Universal Production Music. This video is public domain and along with other supporting visualizations can be downloaded from the Scientific Visualization Studio at: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13520 See more Hubble videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiuUQ9asub3Ta8mqP5LNiOhOygRzue8kN Follow NASA's Hubble Space Telescope: · Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NASAHubble · Twitter: https://twitter.com/NASAHubble · Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/NASAHubble · Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahubble --- If you liked this video, subscribe to the NASA Goddard YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/NASAGoddard Follow NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center · Instagram http://www.instagram.com/nasagoddard · Twitter http://twitter.com/NASAGoddard · Twitter http://twitter.com/NASAGoddardPix · Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NASAGoddard · Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc

Learn more about the influence of honeycomb in aerospace at the National Air and Space Museum. For more FREE teacher resources from the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum visit STEM in 30, the museum's Emmy nominated TV show for middle school students: https://airandspace.si.edu/stem-30

Original Air Date: Jan. 23, 2020 The Spitzer Space Telescope has been observing the universe in infrared light for over 16 years. As the mission comes to a close, we’ll take a look at some of the amazing highlights and the lasting legacy of this incredible observatory. Host: Brian White Speaker(s): Varoujan Gorjian, Spitzer Research Scientist, JPL Robert Hurt, Spitzer Visualization Scientist, Caltech/IPAC Suzanne Dodd, Former Spitzer Project Manager (2010-2016), JPL Joseph Hunt, Spitzer Project Manager (Current), JPL

After 16 years of amazing infrared discoveries throughout the cosmos, NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope mission is coming to an end. Join us on Jan. 22 at 1 p.m. EST for a live broadcast celebrating the life and legacy of one of our four great observatories. Mission members will discuss the observatory's far-reaching scientific impact and the incredible team that kept the mission going far longer than anticipated.

Michael Werner, the lead scientist for the Spitzer Space Telescope, is a senior research scientist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology. Peter Eisenhardt, a senior research scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory received NASA's Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal for his work on Spitzer. All Space Considered is Griffith Observatory’s live science program that is free and open to the public, held the first Friday of every month. Subscribe now for more All Space Considered clips: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=griffithobservatory Watch All Space Considered videos: https://www.youtube.com/griffithobservatory Learn more about All Space Considered on our official site: http://griffithobservatory.org/asc/all_space.html Follow All Space Considered on SOCIAL MEDIA: Twitter: https://twitter.com/allspacecnsdrd Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AllSpaceConsidered/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/allspaceconsidered/ -Disclaimer- WE DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO THE, VIDEOS, MUSICAL MATERIAL OR PICTURES PRESENT THAT WERE NOT CREATED DIRECTLY BY GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY OR ITS AFFILIATES, ALL CREDIT FOR THIS MATERIAL GOES TO THE ORIGINAL ARTISTS, CREATORS AND COMPOSERS. Fair Use: "Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use."

After 16 years of unveiling the infrared universe, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has left a singular legacy. As one of NASA’s four Great Observatories -- a series of powerful telescopes including Hubble, Chandra and Compton that can observe the cosmos in different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum --Spitzer quickly became a pioneer in the exploration of the worlds beyond our human vision. From stars being born to planets beyond our solar system (like the seven Earth-size planets around the star TRAPPIST-1), Spitzer's science discoveries will continue to inspire the world for many years to come. For more information about the Spitzer Space Telescope, visit https://nasa.gov/spitzer and http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/

Thanks to Storyblocks Video for sponsoring this video! http://www.Storyblocks.com/startalk How did the first space telescope arrive in orbit? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice explore the literal rise of telescopes from Earth into space. You’ll find out what telescopes were called before they were called telescopes. Discover more about early refractive telescopes and their issues with chromatic aberration. Then, you’ll hear how Sir Isaac Newton came in and changed the telescope industry for good by inventing the reflecting telescope. Neil explains why Earth’s atmosphere prevents you from seeing clear images from the ground. Take a trip through the space telescope hall of fame as we discuss the Hubble Space Telescope, the Spitzer Space Telescope, the Chandra X-ray Observatory, the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, and the soon to be launched James Webb Space Telescope. Lastly, you’ll learn why Hubble might be the most successful science instrument of all time. All that, plus, Neil shares why the different bands of light act as different dialects for the language of the universe. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/startalkradio Subscribe to StarTalk: https://www.youtube.com/user/startalkradio?sub_confirmation=1 Follow StarTalk: Twitter: http://twitter.com/startalkradio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StarTalk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startalkradio/ About StarTalk: Science meets pop culture on StarTalk! Astrophysicist & Hayden Planetarium director Neil deGrasse Tyson, his comic co-hosts, guest celebrities & scientists discuss astronomy, physics, and everything else about life in the universe. Keep Looking Up! #StarTalk #NeilDeGrasseTyson

Welcome to my channel! I'm Dr Maggie Lieu and I make youtube videos about space & astronomy. On December 10th, XMM-Newton will be turning 20 years old, that's a long time for a spacecraft with an expected lifetime of just 10 years! In this week's video, I'll be talking about what makes XMM so impressive. Extra reading: XMM, Jansen et al 2001: https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf/2001/01/aaxmm39.pdf XMM overview: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/XMM-Newton_overview XMM science page: https://sci.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/home 4 wheel drive update: https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.2014-1904 Fuel migration: https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Operations/Teaching_an_old_satellite_new_tricks https://indico.ict.inaf.it/event/720/contributions/5585/attachments/2872/5600/19_Bologna_XMM.pdf Media credits: Lagoon nebula backdrop: ESA/Hubble/NASA/ESO/STSCI/DSS various(Exosat, Exosat launch, XMM): ESA quasar pds456 spectra: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Keele Univ. pointing accuracy: MSSL reaction wheels: Matra Marconi Space, UK XMM launch: esa fuel tanks weissman: et al 2016 Athena: esa If you enjoyed the video, please help me by liking, sharing and subscribing! I'm also on: twitter: https://twitter.com/space_mog instagram: https://instagram.com/space_mog/ facebook: https://facebook.com/spacemog/

When it comes to telescopes, bigger is better. That’s true down here on Earth, and it’s especially true out in space. As astronomers and engineers design the next generation of giant space telescopes, they’re running up against the limits of current launch providers. There are only so many ways you can fold a huge telescope to get it to fit inside a 5-meter launch fairing. The upcoming James Webb Space Telescope is pretty much the very limit of what you can construct on Earth and put into space in a single launch. To go bigger, space agencies will need to consider assembling their next-generation space telescopes… in space. Our Book is out! https://www.amazon.com/Universe-Today-Ultimate-Viewing-Cosmos/dp/1624145442/ Audio Podcast version: ITunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/universe-today-guide-to-space-audio/id794058155?mt=2 RSS: https://www.universetoday.com/audio What Fraser's Watching Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbJ42wpShvmkjd428BcHcCEVWOjv7cJ1G Weekly email newsletter: https://www.universetoday.com/newsletter Weekly Space Hangout: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/ Astronomy Cast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUHI67dh9jEO2rvK--MdCSg Support us at https://www.patreon.com/universetoday More stories at https://www.universetoday.com/ Twitch: https://twitch.tv/fcain Follow us on Twitter: @universetoday Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/universetoday Instagram - https://instagram.com/universetoday Team: Fraser Cain - @fcain / [email protected] Karla Thompson - @karlaii / https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEItkORQYd4Wf0TpgYI_1fw Chad Weber - [email protected] References: https://hubblesite.org/mission-and-telescope http://herschel.cf.ac.uk/mission/launch https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/exep/technology/in-space-assembly/iSAT_study/ https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/space-station-assembly https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacex/2019/07/29/cargo-dragon-berthed-to-station/