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US Postal Service celebrates NASA’s Webb telescope with new stamp

Last Updated on September 11, 2022 by Solar System Ambassador Pam Roller

Here’s an update from our local Solar System Ambassador Pam Roller:

The U.S. Postal Service will issue a stamp celebrating NASA’s new James Webb Space Telescope, the largest, most powerful, and most complex science telescope ever put in space. The stamp, which features an illustration of the observatory, was dedicated in a ceremony Thursday, Sept. 8, at the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum in Washington.

A quote from this article:
“When anyone who uses these stamps looks at this telescope, I want them to see what I see: its incredible potential to reveal new and unexpected discoveries that help us understand the origins of the universe, and our place in it,” said NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana. “This telescope is the largest international space science program in U.S. history, and I can’t wait to see the scientific breakthroughs it will enable in astronomy.”

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/us-postal-service-celebrates-nasa-s-webb-telescope-with-new-stamp

Credits: NASA, U.S. Postal Service, Editor: Sean Potter

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