The James Webb Space Telescope is now an Assembled Observatory

  • Released Wednesday, October 9, 2019

Engineers from NASA and Northrop Grumman have successfully integrated the James Webb Space Telescope's optical telescope element and spacecraft element together at Northrop Grumman in Redondo Beach, CA. Thus completing the construction of the most complex and powerful telescope ever built. Webb will explore the cosmos using infrared light from planets and moons within our solar system to the earliest and most distant galaxies. Next up for Webb; Deploying the five-layer sunshield designed to keep Webb's mirror and scientific instruments super cold.



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This page was originally published on Wednesday, October 9, 2019.
This page was last updated on Friday, August 2, 2024 at 3:42 PM EDT.


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