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- NASA's James Webb Space Telescope team fully deployed its 21-foot, gold-coated primary mirror.
- It has successfully completed the final stage of all major spacecraft deployments to prepare for science operations.
- The Webb mission will explore every phase of cosmic history – from within our solar system to the most distant observable galaxies in the early universe.
- Its infrared technology will allow it to see the first stars and galaxies that formed 13.5 billion years ago.
- It is the world's largest and most complex space science telescope.
- This is a joint effort with the NASA, European Space Agency (ESA) and Canadian Space Agency.
- Webb is the successor to Hubble telescope.
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