Exploring Space: The Launching Of The James Webb Telescope

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Technology & STEAM

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Adults
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The James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled for launch in 2021. With a light-collecting area seven times greater than the Hubble Space Telescope, the Webb telescope will find the very first stars and galaxies that formed in the early universe. Presented by Carole Leher, this program will explain how the Webb will operate as the scientific successor to the Hubble.

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