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James Webb Space Telescope

Launched in 2021, JWST is a space telescope developed by NASA, ESA, and CSA, designed to observe the universe in infrared wavelengths, enabling the study of the early universe, star formation, and planetary systems.

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APODs including "James Webb Space Telescope"

The Crew-7 Nebula

31/08/2023

The Crew-7 Nebula
Image Credit: Michael Seeley / NASA APOD

Not the James Webb Space Telescope's latest view of a distant galactic nebula, this illuminated cloud of gas and dust dazzled early morning spacecoast skygazers on August 26. The snapshot was taken about 2 minutes after the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket on the SpaceX Crew-7 mission, the seventh commercial crew rotation mission for the International Space Station. It captures drifting plumes and exhaust from the separated first and second stage illuminated against the still dark skies. Near the center of the image, within the ragged blueish ring, are two bright points of light. The lower one is the second stage of the rocket carrying 4 humans to space in a Crew Dragon spacecraft. The bright point above is the Falcon 9 first stage booster orienting itself for the trip back to Landing Zone-1 at Cape Canaveral, planet Earth.