NASA | Deployment of the James Webb Space Telescope

To unfold the history of the universe we must first unfold the largest primary mirror, the largest sun shield, and the most powerful space telescope ever built. Find out why the James Webb Space Telescope orbits at the second Lagrange point, the challenges of deploying the telescope, and why its sunshield is so groundbreaking.

Topics

• rocket launch
• engineering
• exoplanet
• galaxy evolution
• astronomy
• orbit
• space exploration
• lagrange point
• astrophysics
• JWST
• James Webb Space Telescope
• galaxies