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Reflections on Webb’s First Full-Color Images
Lukas Hefti Lukas Hefti

Reflections on Webb’s First Full-Color Images

What a week, one of my favorites during my nearly six years at NASA! It was such an amazing week because it was the culmination of decades of determination and overcoming challenges that led to one of the biggest and unquestioned successes.

Years of hard work and the efforts of thousands of people across the globe led us to the release of the first full-color images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope on July 12. The reaction from people around the globe…

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10 Things to Look Forward to in Science This Year
Lukas Hefti Lukas Hefti

10 Things to Look Forward to in Science This Year

It is hard to beat the collective achievements of NASA’s science teams, especially over the past year. We’ve landed on Mars, flown the first helicopter beyond our world, launched and deployed the most magnificent science mission ever conceived, observed our home planet, and so much more. Learners of all ages and those looking for hope during a bleak time saw almost unmatched excitement as teams across NASA worked to realize tremendous feats of exploration. These achievements are historic and you may rightly ask…

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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has reached its final destination. Let's celebrate the team that got it there (op-ed)
Lukas Hefti Lukas Hefti

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has reached its final destination. Let's celebrate the team that got it there (op-ed)

Thousands of people worked hard to get Webb where it is today.

There is a new speck of light in the sky right now, best observable from Earth around midnight. This blurry speck — dim as it may be, small as it may be — represents the grit and unity of thousands of people who worked together to place it in the heavens.

That light is reflecting down to us from the most magnificent space telescope ever devised by humans. After being folded up into a rocket and launched into space…

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