Building the Largest Space Telescope Ever – Video

Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmguh7eks_U

Building the Largest Space Telescope Ever
In a global collaboration between NASA, ESA, and CSA, a team of more than a thousand scientists and engineers are building the largest telescope ever sent in...

By: National Geographic

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Building the Largest Space Telescope Ever - Video

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