How the James Webb Telescope Began Its Voyage to the Edge of Time

It took a massive protective container, a trip through the Panama Canal, and all sorts of meticulous planning to launch the world's largest and most advanced space telescope.

By Chris Holt
Mar 10, 2022 6:00 PMMar 11, 2022 2:08 PM
James Webb telescope construction
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NASA is currently aligning the 18 gold-coated mirrors on the $10 billion James Webb space telescope (JWST), the world’s largest and most powerful technology of its kind. JWST was launched this past Christmas and will soon open a whole new chapter in space research: The telescope will help scientists examine the most distant planets in detail and investigate the dawn of the universe.

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