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From an initial spark of an idea to the world’s most powerful space telescope… Our Senior Project Scientist, Nobel laureate John Mather, has seen the James Webb Space Telescope through it all. In our latest blog post, he reflects on the discoveries Webb has already begun making, the people who have made it all possible, and what’s coming next for astronomy. Check it out at the link in our bio! Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn - Alt Text: 1. About 10 people wearing contamination-controlled gear work together to lift the James Webb Space Telescope's mirrors above them using a cable system inside a giant, mostly white clean room. To the right is a large platform where the mirrors are meant to be placed. The primary mirror is made up of 18 hexagonal, gold-plated segments, but 3 segments on either side are folded back. A NASA Goddard Space Flight Center banner, with a blue and red NASA logo, is visible on the back wall. 2. The James Webb Space Telescope's Senior Project Scientist, Nobel laureate John Mather, smiles joyfully at the camera with his arms crossed. He has silver hair and is wearing black glasses with thin frames and a lavender button-up shirt. The back end of a black pen sticks out of his shirt pocket. Behind him are white chalk drawings of the Webb telescope on a black chalkboard. #JWST #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope #NASA #UnfoldTheUniverse #Space #Science #Discovery