The Best Telescopes & Probes Documentaries

Space & the Universe - 33 free documentaries about telescopes & probes.

Start with Why Are there Holes in the James Webb Sunshield? (Explained by My Dad) - Smarter Every Day 270 (53 min, Smarter Every Day), then How Does The James Webb Space Telescope Work? - Smarter Every Day 262 (30 min, Smarter Every Day). All 33 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on telescopes & probes is The Day We Found the Universe by Marcia Bartusiak.

• Why Are there Holes in the James Webb Sunshield? (Explained by My Dad) - Smarter Every Day 270 (53 min, Smarter Every Day)
• How Does The James Webb Space Telescope Work? - Smarter Every Day 262 (30 min, Smarter Every Day)
• The Insane Engineering of Europa Clipper (21 min, Real Engineering)
• The Insane Engineering of James Webb Telescope (31 min, Real Engineering)
• The History of the Telescope | Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World (55 min, PBS)
• The Insane Engineering of the Parker Solar Probe (20 min, Real Engineering)
• How does a Space Telescope work? (Hubble and Webb) (20 min, Jared Owen)
• What could we see with a planet-sized telescope? (17 min, Be Smart)
• The Most Unbelievable Image Ever Captured by Hubble Space Telescope (11 min, Be Smart)
• What Really Happened at the Arecibo Telescope? (18 min, Practical Engineering)
• Why Light Pollution Will Only Get Worse | Searching For Light (53 min, Spark)
• JWST Discovered The Farthest Star Ever Seen! (16 min, PBS Space Time)
• What NEW SCIENCE Would We Discover with a Moon Telescope? (21 min, PBS Space Time)
• Science of the James Webb Telescope Explained! (18 min, PBS Space Time)
• The Parker Solar Probe - Smarter Every Day 198 (14 min, Smarter Every Day)
• How Much Do We Actually Know About Space? (52 min, Spark)
• Why Won't NASA's Parker Solar Space Probe Melt Around The Sun | The New Frontier (47 min, Spark)
• Testing a $1B Flying Telescope at 41,000 Feet | Horizon (52 min, Spark)
• ABANDONED Soviet Space Telescope, Ghost Town & More | Lost Places (49 min, Free Documentary)
• Space Telescopes Maneuver like CATS - Smarter Every Day 59 (8 min, Smarter Every Day)
• The Extraordinary Space Landscapes Taken By The Hubble Telescope (26 min, Spark)
• How The James Webb Space Telescope Was Built (50 min, Spark)
• Telescopes of Tomorrow (13 min, PBS Space Time)
• How James Webb Space Telescope Could Reveal Where Life Began (48 min, Spark)
• The Future of Space Telescopes (14 min, PBS Space Time)
• How The Space Shuttle Program Saved Hubble Space Telescope | Trajectory (23 min, Spark)
• Why NASA Considered Canceling Hubble Missions (23 min, Spark)
• How The Hubble Telescope Takes Amazing Photos | Hubble's Canvas (26 min, Spark)
• The Effects Gravity Has On Light In Space | Hubble's Canvas (26 min, Spark)
• Inside the $1.4 Billion Mega-Telescope Built to See the Beginning of Time (139 min, Wonder)
• The 'Impossible' Mission To Fix The Hubble Space Telescope (45 min, Spark)
• The Unbelievable Origins Of Bubble Wrap, The Hubble Space Telescope, And More (51 min, Spark)
• 35 Years Of The Hubble Telescope's Most Amazing Discoveries (24 min, Spark)

Top-Rated Books About Telescopes & Probes

1. The Day We Found the Universe by Marcia Bartusiak - View on Amazon
2. The Perfect Machine by Ronald Florence - View on Amazon