Amazing Timelapse Shows Construction Of James Webb Space Telescope

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James Webb Space Telescope/NASA/YouTube

When finished, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will be the most powerful orbiting observatory ever created by humanity. But how do you go about trying to construct this monstrously advanced star gazer?

In this timelapse video you can gain an insight into how the teams of engineers and technicians pieced together just one phase of this massive project, with a surprising amount of physically intensive handy work (and lying on the floor).