A new "forever" stamp is being released by the USPS to celebrate the James Webb Space Telescope.
The new stamps will be available for pre-order through the USPS's online stamp store on August 8th.
A stamp commemorates the start of the telescope's science mission and depicts the golden honeycomb mirror and its large sun shields in space as Earth and the moon can be seen in the distance behind it. The telescope's mirrors reflect a deep-field view of space. The Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore gave an image to the stamp's designer, according to a USPS statement.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is live.
According to a USPS fact sheet, the new JWST stamps can be used to mail a one ounce letter regardless of when the stamps are purchased or used and no matter how prices may change in the future.
Nearly two decades of research and development have culminated in the $10 billion james wbb space telescope Europe's Spaceport at Kourou in French Guiana hosted the launch of the space observatory. The telescope arrived at its permanent home at L2 on January 24, 2022.
On July 11, NASA declared that all 17 of the telescope's scientific instruments were operational, and the next day the telescope's stunning first science-quality images were released. The telescope will study the earliest known stars and look deeper into the universe's past than before. The atmospheres of exoplanets will be looked at for signs of life.
There will be a public event on September 8th at 11:00 a.m. There will be a celebration at the National Postal Museum in Washington D.C.
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