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NASA has set up two webcams in the cleanroom of Goddard Space Flight Center, where engineers are busy assembling the next generation of space telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope.
The space imaging apparatus that will allow us to see farther into space than ever before.
According to NASA:
The Webb will be the premier observatory of the next decade, serving thousands of astronomers worldwide. It will study every phase in the history of our Universe, ranging from the first luminous glows after the Big Bang, to the formation of solar systems capable of supporting life on planets like Earth, to the evolution of our own Solar System.
The cameras update every sixty seconds, so we're not talking live, streaming video; but tune in between 8:00 and 16:30 EST Monday through Friday, and you're liable to spy some activity. According to NASA:
One piece of hardware you can keep an eye out for is the flight ISIM Structure, a large, black, square, "latticed" box. This structure will hold Webb's science instruments and will sit behind the 6.5 meter mirror. The test versions of several of our instruments are also sometimes visible in the cleanroom.NASA
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