Timeline event · 25 December 2021 · The New Space Era
Launch of the James Webb Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope launches and unfolds a giant segmented mirror a million miles from Earth, opening the infrared universe and the era of studying the first galaxies.
Highlights
- ›The most powerful space telescope ever flown
Missions, people & worlds
Knowledge connections
- Part ofThe New Space Era
- Associated withJames Webb Space Telescope
Sources
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- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
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