To see the word's premier astronomical observatory in its full-size glory, you need to go to Lagrange Point 2, a location in deep space on the opposite side of Earth from the sun that is farther away than any human has ever traveled.
Or, soon, you can visit Colorado.
Northrop Grumman, NASA's lead contractor for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), has donated the only full-scale mockup of the observatory to the Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization supporting space activities, space professionals and education. The three-story-tall model, which has a footprint that's the length of a tennis court, will be on permanent display at the Space Foundation Discovery Center in Colorado Springs.
"The James Webb Space Telescope is a game-changer!" said Heather Pringle, chief executive officer of the Space Foundation, in a statement. "Northrop Grumman's generous gift of this full-scale model to Space Foundation will undoubtedly inspire and educate future generations about the wonders of space exploration."
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