Uploaded September 2019 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Each of James Webb Space Telescope's mirrors is made of beryllium and coated with a very thin layer of gold to improve the mirror's ability to reflect infrared light. This b-roll footage shows the coating process.
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Producer: Michael McClare
Videographer: Michael McClare
Each of James Webb Space Telescope's mirrors is made of beryllium and coated with a very thin layer of gold to improve the mirror's ability to reflect infrared light. This b-roll footage shows the coating process.
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Producer: Michael McClare
Videographer: Michael McClare








![The Webb Telescope Sunshield
The Webb Telescopes sunshield is key to enabling Webbs science. This feature explains how the sunshield works, and how this tennis court-sized piece of hardware fits into a rocket (hint: its deployed after launch!).
Credit: NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center
Animators
Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
Jonathan North (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
Michael Lentz (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
Walt Feimer (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
Writers
Michael McClare (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
Michael Starobin (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
Editors
Michael McClare (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
Rich Melnick (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
Host
Sophia Roberts (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.) [Lead]
Producers
Michael McClare (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead]
Michael Starobin (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead]
Sophia Roberts (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.)
Videographer
Michael McClare (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead] The Webb Telescope Sunshield](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hWAVey53AC4/mqdefault.jpg)

