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The James Webb Space Telescope is now in its Final Stretch

James Webb, astronomy's new super space telescope, has taken another major step to full operational capability. The $10bn successor to the Hubble Space Telescope is now fully focused and aligned. Light bounces perfectly off its mirrors to form pin-sharp imagery in all four of its instruments. All that remains is to check that the instruments are properly calibrated - that they are delivering their data in a way that's expected […]

todayMay 3, 2022

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NASA’s revolutionary James Webb Space Telescope has Successfully Launched into Space

The Verge reports that early Christmas morning, NASA’s revolutionary new space observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope, successfully launched into space after taking off on top of a European Ariane 5 rocket from South America. So, what does that mean for us here on Earth?  The launch marks the beginning of one of the most anticipated NASA missions in decades, and with it a program that promises to transform how […]

todayDecember 28, 2021

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