Deployment Explorer Webb/NASA
Interactively explore Webb's deployments on this page. Webb is NASA's largest and most powerful space science telescope ever constructed. Webb’s enormous size and frigid …
PRIMARY MIRROR SIZE: 21.3 feet (6.5 meters) across MIRROR SHAPE: The mirror is comprised of 18 gold-plated hexagonal deployable segments SUNSHIELD: Webb’s five-layer …
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s 18 special lightweight beryllium mirrors have to make 14 stops to 11 different places around the U.S. to complete their manufactur-ing. The 18 mirror …
Where Is Webb? NASA/Webb - Webb Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope (sometimes called Webb or JWST) is a large infrared telescope with a 6.5-meter primary mirror. Webb will be the premier observatory of the next …
JWST will have a large mirror, 6.5 meters (21.3 feet) in diameter and a sunshield the size of a tennis court. Both the mirror and sunshade won't fit onto the rocket fully open, so both will fold …
James Webb Space Telescope - NASA Science
Apr 3, 2025 · The James Webb Space Telescope is a giant leap forward in our quest to understand the Universe and our origins. Webb is examining every phase of cosmic history: …
JWST will have a large mirror, 6.5 meters (21.3 feet) in diameter and a sunshield the size of a tennis court. Both the mirror and sunshade won't fit onto the rocket fully open, so both will fold …
glass mirror would be very heavy and expensive to launch into space. Instead of glass, Webb’s primary mirror is made of beryllium, a very lightweight and strong material. Webb’s primary …
Webbcam - Webb/NASA
The James Webb Space Telescope (sometimes called Webb or JWST) is a large infrared telescope with a 6.5-meter primary mirror. Webb will be the premier observatory of the next …
NASA SVS | James Webb Space Telescope
Jan 1, 2000 · Webb is currently in its operational orbit about 1.5 million km (1 million miles) from the Earth at a location known as Lagrange Point 2 (L2). The James Webb Space Telescope …