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Webb Space Telescope Resources

Webb Space TelescopeIn 2013 the long-awaited successor to the Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes will be deployed into space, the immense Webb Space Telescope. This infrared observatory will explore the deepest questions in astrophysics and cosmology, including the origin of stars and galaxies, and the potential habitability of extrasolar planets. You can learn more about the Webb at our web site for public visitors and at NASA's Webb Telescope mission web site. The resources that we are posting below can help you tell the Webb story to your audiences. There’s more to come!

A New Video:
“Webb Space Telescope: The Next Great Observatory”

This 13-minute video explores the design and technology of the Webb, and highlights several of the many exciting science studies that the observatory will enable. Several high quality versions are available for download. (Right-click and choose “Save As...” to download to your computer.

Quicktime Versions (requires Apple’s Quicktime Player 7 or higher)

Quicktime 960x540 pixels, H264 codec, 1.11 GigaBytes

Quicktime 640-360 pixels, H264 codec, 533 MegaBytes

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