Why It Took a Decade to Launch Webb | Compilation

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


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