What’s NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope?

What’s NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope?

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is the world’s largest and most powerful space telescope, successor to the Hubble Space Telescope. The $10-billion observatory rocketed from French Guiana on South America’s northeastern coast on Dec. 25, 2021. The Webb Telescope is on a million miles (1.6 million kilometers) search to find light from the first stars and galaxies and hints of life._x000D_

Who was James Webb?

_x000D_James E. Webb was the first NASA Administrator, serving from Feb. 1961 to Oct.1968.