The Engineering of the James Webb Space Telescope Mirrors
In short: The James Webb Space Telescope uses a segmented beryllium mirror design to achieve the necessary size and weight for capturing faint infrared light from the early universe.
A 1:41 short film in the series “Engineering Marvels”.
Sources used in this film: NASA, “Beryllium Mirror Segment - NASA Science”; NASA, “Webb's Mirrors - NASA Science”; NASA, “Aligning the Primary Mirror Segments of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope with Light - NASA”; NASA, “Webb's Unfolding Sequence - NASA Science”; NASA, “Infrared Astronomy - NASA Science”.
Sources used in this film
- NASA — Beryllium Mirror Segment - NASA Science · View →
- NASA — Webb's Mirrors - NASA Science · View →
- NASA — Aligning the Primary Mirror Segments of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope with Light - NASA · View →
- NASA — Webb's Unfolding Sequence - NASA Science · View →
- NASA — Infrared Astronomy - NASA Science · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: NASA: Beryllium Mirror Segment - NASA Science
- Also: NASA Science: Webb's Mirrors - NASA Science
- Also: NASA: Aligning the Primary Mirror Segments of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope with Light - NASA
- Also: NASA: Webb's Unfolding Sequence - NASA Science
- Also: Infrared Astronomy - NASA Science
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