What's Stopping the James Webb Space Telescope?

The James Webb Space Telescope is the most complex telescope we’ve ever sent into space. But, Webb is not, in fact, in space… yet.

Host: Caitlin Hofmeister

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Sources:
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/webb_irb_report_and_response_0.pdf
https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/
https://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/starsgalaxies/webb_technologies.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/27/science/nasa-webb-telescope.html
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/06/nasa-s-webb-telescope-delayed-2021
https://spacepolicyonline.com/news/nasa-evaluating-jwst-independent-review-report/
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/nasa-s-james-webb-space-telescope-has-been-assembled-for-the-first-time
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Images:
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20250
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12894
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10569
https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw1236a/
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12241
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11769
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13337
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https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12145
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/rocket-gm177309667-20220743
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12409
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12461