SciShow Space | Why It Took a Decade to Launch The James Webb Space Telescope | Compilation @scishowspace | Uploaded 2 years ago | Updated 8 hours ago
The James Webb Space Telescope has launched! But it was a very long road to get to this point, and we’ve been following the progress for a decade!

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Sources:
jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/comparisonWebbVsHubble.html
nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-spitzer-space-telescope-ends-mission-of-astronomical-discovery
webb.nasa.gov/content/observatory/ote/mirrors/index.html
space.com/21925-james-webb-space-telescope-jwst.html
jwst.nasa.gov/resources/WebbUpdate_Sept2012.pdf


Image Sources:
Adapted from flickr.com/photos/nasawebbtelescope/50221539843/in/photostream
youtube.com/watch?v=7nT7JGZMbtM
solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/kepler/in-depth