Next Generation Space Telescope

Named in 2002, after NASA's second administrator, James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a planned space infrared observatory, which will be created as an improvement of the aging Hubble Space Telescope. The telescope is planned to be launched in 2013, from an Ariane 5 rocket, and is the r... [ read more >> ]

Scale model of the JWST mirror

Image comment: Scale model of the JWST mirror
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Scale model of the JWST mirror