NOVA

Ultimate Space Telescope

Season 49 Episode 10 | 53m 33s

Follow the dramatic story of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope – the most complex machine ever launched into space – in hopes of peering deeper back in time than ever before and answering some of astronomy’s biggest questions.

Aired: 07/13/22 | Expires: 07/13/25 | Rating: TV-PG

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.

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Extras From This Episode

• How Scientists Created JWST's First Test Image

  Clip: S49 Ep10 | 4m 50s

• NASA Reacts to the James Webb Space Telescope Images

  Clip: S49 Ep10 | 1m 55s

• Ultimate Space Telescope Preview

  Preview: S49 Ep10 | 28s

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