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The most expensive and complex space mission ever built by the scientific community –
NASA launched the Next Generation Space Telescope 25 years ago.
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The project is being overseen by NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).
The telescope was developed by Northrop Grumman and Ball Aerospace.
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10 billion U.S. dollars. S. The total cost of the project is in dollars –
The lifespan of the telescope is up to ten years.
The web’s location in space will be at Earth’s second Legrandian point (L2) 1.5 million kilometers from Earth-
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The peculiarity of this orbit is that the telescope is able to stand in the shadow of the earth as it orbits the sun.
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Also watch the video showing the James Web Telescope deployment procedure, timeline and location on the journey to L2 –
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