Cosmic Dawn

Cosmic Dawn (2025)

The Untold Story of The James Webb Space Telescope

98 min★ 8.6 · 65 votes

For over three decades, NASA and an international team of scientists and engineers pushed the limits of technology, innovation, and perseverance to build and launch the James Webb Space Telescope, the most powerful space observatory ever created. Cosmic Dawn brings audiences behind the scenes with the Webb film crew, and never-before-heard testimonies revealing the real story of how this telescope overcame all odds.

Release date
June 11, 2025
Country of origin
United States

Trailer

Cast

  • John Mather as Self - Webb Senior Project Scientist, NASA Goddard
  • Sophia Roberts as Self - NASA Communications
  • Amber Straughn as Self - Webb Deputy Project Scientist for Communications, NASA Goddard
  • Eric Smith as Self - Webb Program Scientist, NASA Headquarters
  • Jane Rigby as Self - Webb Operations Project Scientist, NASA Goddard
  • Paul Geithner as Self - Webb Deputy Project Manager, NASA Goddard
  • Mike Menzel as Self - Webb Mission Systems Engineer
  • Begoña Vila as Self - Webb Instrument Systems Engineer, NASA Goddard
  • Ed Weiler as Self - Fmr. Chief Scientist for Hubble
  • Lee Feinberg as Self - Webb's Optical Telescope Element Manager, NASA Goddard

Crew