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  1. Photo: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory / Public domain

    Euclid

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  2. Photo: NASA/MSFC/David Higginbotham / Public domain (US government work)

    James Webb Space Telescope

    A Christmas Day launch to a point a million miles away

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    The James Webb Space Telescope launched on an Ariane 5 from French Guiana on 25 December 2021 and travelled to the Sun-Earth L2 point, about a million miles from Earth. Its tennis-court-sized sunshield and 18-segment gold mirror unfolded on the way, and its first science images were released in July 2022.

    4 video perspectives

  3. Photo: NASA/Jolearra Tshiteya / Public domain

    Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

    A Hubble-sized mirror with 200 times the view

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    NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched on a Falcon Heavy from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center on the morning of 30 August 2026. It was sent towards the Sun-Earth L2 point, where the James Webb Space Telescope also sits.

    7 video perspectives

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