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  2. James Webb Space Telescope - Wikipedia

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    The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a space telescope designed to conduct infrared astronomy.As the largest telescope in space, it is equipped with high-resolution and high-sensitivity instruments, allowing it to view objects too old, distant, or faint for the Hubble Space Telescope. [9]

  3. Groundhog - Wikipedia

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    The groundhog (Marmota monax), also known as the woodchuck, is a rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots. [2] A lowland creature of North America, it is found through much of the Eastern United States, across Canada and into Alaska. [3]

  4. List of spaceflight records - Wikipedia

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    Albert II, a rhesus monkey, became the first mammal in space aboard a U.S. V-2 rocket on June 14, 1949, and died on reentry due to a parachute failure. The first dogs in space were launched 22 July 1951 aboard a Soviet R-1V. "Tsygin" and "Dezik" reached a height of 100 km (62 mi) and safely parachuted back to Earth.

  5. Space Farms groundhog predicts early spring, at odds with ...

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    Space Farms said Wednesday that Stonewall the Groundhog did not see his shadow, the third year in a row that the animal has predicted an early spring. Space Farms groundhog predicts early spring ...

  6. List of space telescopes - Wikipedia

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    Space agency Planned launch date Location Ref(s) SPHEREx: NASA: 2025: Earth orbit [222] Xuntian: CNSA/CAS: 2026: Low Earth orbit [223] [224] [225] PLATO: ESA: 2026: Geosynchronous orbit [226] ULTRASAT: Israel Space Agency: 2026: Sun–Earth L 2 Lagrange point [227] Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope: NASA: 2027: Sun–Earth L 2 Lagrange point ...

  7. Space telescope - Wikipedia

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    A space telescope (also known as space observatory) is a telescope in outer space used to observe astronomical objects. Suggested by Lyman Spitzer in 1946, the first operational telescopes were the American Orbiting Astronomical Observatory , OAO-2 launched in 1968, and the Soviet Orion 1 ultraviolet telescope aboard space station Salyut 1 in 1971.

  8. Phil-ing you in: Facts about Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney - AOL

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    How long does a groundhog live? The average lifespan of a groundhog is around 10 years in captivity, and between four and five years in the wild, according to the Wildlife Rescue League .

  9. Launch and commissioning of the James Webb Space Telescope

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    The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a space telescope designed primarily to conduct infrared astronomy. Its complex launch and commissioning process lasted from late 2021 until mid-2022. The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) led JWST's development in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA) and the ...