– English Lyrics

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

For twenty-five years,

NASA has been filming

the journey of

the James Webb Space Telescope.

This is a never- before-seen look.

I’m excited for people to see the drama

of what it takes to make a space telescope.

Nature has this way of

being even more creative than we are.

We have always been surprised

by what we see in the sky.

That’s why building a telescope

has always been interesting.

A voyage, back to the birth of the universe.

These decades of work of thousands of people

around the world

to make this telescope possible.

Okay, gonna have lots of inventions

along the way.

How can we justify this

to our constituents?

We're going to change

how we understand the universe.

Science is a process.

All six metric tons of this

has to be launched

a million miles out in outer space,

Isn’t that kinda crazy

not to be able to service it?

Yeah.

That’s the only choice we had.

I really wanted to honor

what an incredible mission this was.

We were on edge,

from blizzards to hurricanes.

There was nothing easy about Webb at all.

Constant pressure

There was something different about this one.

You knew

you were in the middle of

something big.

We're going to see all the way back

to the very beginning of the universe,

what we call “cosmic dawn.”

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
years /jɪərz/ A1	noun - a period of twelve months
NASA /ˈnæsə/ B2	noun - National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the US government agency for space exploration
journey /ˈdʒɜːrni/ A2	noun - a trip or travel from one place to another
telescope /ˈteləskoʊp/ B2	noun - an instrument for viewing distant objects, especially in space
excited /ɪkˈsaɪtɪd/ A2	adjective - feeling enthusiastic and eager
people /ˈpiːpəl/ A1	noun - persons in general or as individuals
drama /ˈdræmə/ B2	noun - a situation full of excitement or conflict
creative /kriˈeɪtɪv/ B1	adjective - having the ability to produce imaginative ideas or products
surprised /sərˈpraɪzd/ A2	adjective - feeling or showing sudden wonder or amazement
sky /skaɪ/ A1	noun - the region of the atmosphere and outer space seen from the earth
voyage /ˈvɔɪɪdʒ/ B1	noun - a long journey, especially by sea or in space
birth /bɜːrθ/ A2	noun - the beginning or origin of something
universe /ˈjuːnɪvɜːrs/ B1	noun - all existing matter and space considered as a whole
work /wɜːrk/ A1	noun - activity involving effort to promote or accomplish something
inventions /ɪnˈvenʃənz/ B1	noun - the creation or production of something original
understand /ˌʌndərˈstænd/ A2	verb - to perceive the meaning of
process /ˈprɑːses/ B1	noun - a series of actions or steps taken to achieve a goal
launched /lɔːntʃt/ B2	verb - to send something into motion or orbit
mission /ˈmɪʃən/ B1	noun - an important assignment or goal, especially in space exploration
see /siː/ A1	verb - to perceive with the eyes