The James Webb Space Telescope launched on December 25, 2021, reached the Sun-Earth second Lagrange point on January 24, 2022, and remained an active astrophysics mission as of May 2026. NASA leads the mission in partnership with the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency, and the Space Telescope Science Institute operates the observatory for the science community. Webb does not circle Earth like the Hubble Space Telescope. It trave…
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