I was fortunate enough to see the telescope completed in the clean room at Gauter Space Flight Center.

And at that moment, it kind of hits you.

You've been working on your little thing, you know, and you say, well, you know, it's part of a big, big mission.

And then you see it and it's magnificent and it's huge.

And you are there and you know you've been part of it.

I'm getting even emotional.

Thinking about it, but it is so incredible to know that your little tiny bit has been contributing to making that big, huge

observatory coming together.

Since such a large team of committed, dedicated individuals who have worked tirelessly for years through the pandemic

and through all the difficulties to make it happen.

And it hits you when you see it, because it's really fantastic.

Thank you. because it's really fantastic. This is NASA's curious universe.

Our universe is a wild and wonderful place.

I'm Patty Boyd, and in this podcast, NASA is your tour guide.

The James Webb Space Telescope will be the biggest and most complex science telescope to

ever fly in space. In the previous episodes of this mini-series, we've talked about the amazing

science that Webb'll do,

and the innovative engineering that helps make it so powerful for space exploration.

Putting together something this big and ambitious takes a lot of people.

Teams of dedicated people around the world with many different skills and backgrounds. So let's meet a few people helping to make this mission happen.

So thousands of people have participated to web.

Every single component matters, every single screw, every single detail

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