“I’m excited and nervous at the same time,” said Prof Martin Barstow, chair of the Space Telescope Institute Council and director of strategic partnerships at Space Park Leicester. “It’s exciting to think that after so long, we might eventually get this telescope into space. An artist’s illustration of the James Webb Space Telescope in space. Photograph: Nasa/UPI/Rex/ShutterstockUnlike the Hubble space telescope, which orbits the Earth, Webb will orbit the sun. “I just want it to be there and working,” Barstow added.

Source: The Guardian December 25, 2021 16:37 UTC