Webb Space Telescope to Soar as Hubble’s Powerful Successor
Cape Canaveral prepares for the James Webb Space Telescope, a $10 billion infrared observatory touted as 100 times more powerful than Hubble. It unfolds in space after launch from French Guiana, with a 21 foot mirror and a 70 by 46 foot sun shield, facing 344 critical components that must operate perfectly for cosmic dawn to be revealed.
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