VIDEO: New Scientist for the James Webb Telescope

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New Science for James Webb Telescope

July 31, 2015 Updated 07:06 BST

Hubble's successor, the James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled to launch in 2018.

It is built at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland - and the BBC had unusual access Click on the large instrument.

Here explains Mark clampin as the James Webb will transform our understanding of space.

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