2021.12.04

First Light

The long-delayed successor to the Hubble Space Telescope is finally ready to launch

ASSEMBLED AND READY The fully built James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) awaits its December launch at a Redondo Beach, Calif., facility run by its prime contractor, Northrop Grumman. Photographs by Chris Gunn

ASSEMBLED AND READY The fully built James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) awaits its December launch at a Redondo Beach, Calif., facility run by its prime contractor, Northrop Grumman. Photographs by Chris Gunn

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