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Behind The Wings

Design, Deploy, Discover: The James Webb Space Telescope

Behind the Wings is a video series produced by Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum that gives viewers behind-the-scenes access to aircraft, industry leaders and more.

Design, Deploy, Discover: The James Webb Space Telescope

Season 5 Episode 2 | 26m 39s | CC

Explore the design, deployment, and discoveries of the James Webb Space Telescope, one of the most ambitious scientific instruments ever built. Now Webb's data is rolling in, enabling new scientific discoveries about the formation of galaxies and the origins of life. Webb is changing our fundamental understanding of the universe and our place in it.

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