As you’re reading this, somewhere in the vastness of space, another human-made piece of hardware is making its way to its target. That target would be the second Lagrange point, which is located about one million miles (1.6 million km) from our planet and should become the forever parking space for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Launched on Christmas Day from French Guiana, on top of a European rocket called Ariane 5, th... (continue reading...)
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